Activists Urge Supreme Court to Affirm Colorado Ruling to Take Trump Off Ballot

Legal counsel for six Colorado voters whose petition ended with a disqualification of former President Donald Trump as a candidate in the Colorado Supreme Court are now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm that ruling. “There is no basis to disrupt the state court’s interpretation of state law, which enforced rather than “circumvent[ed]” the Constitution,” they argued. The local voters are represented by the activist group Citizens for Ethics & Responsibility in Washington (CREW), which has been fundraising for the upcoming arguments before the high court Feb. 8. Last December, Colorado became the first state to find President Trump disqualified from running for office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. The once little-known Civil War-era statute has since gained national prominence, as several other states now grapple with dozens of challenges filed by voters to disqualify President Trump or President Joe Biden from the ballot as primary elections are underway....