Colorado Plaintiffs Ask Supreme Court to Affirm Trump Disqualification Ruling

Published on January 2, 2024

The six Colorado voters who sued to keep former President Donald Trump off the Colorado Republican primary ballot are now making their case before the U.S. Supreme Court. On Tuesday, the original petitioners responded in opposition to the Colorado GOP’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling to disqualify President Trump as a candidate under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. “By spearheading the January 6 insurrection, Trump disqualified himself from holding federal office again,” the court filing reads. “The Colorado Supreme Court correctly held that Section 3 applies to insurrectionist former Presidents, that disqualified insurrectionists may not seek the office of the Presidency.”...

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