The ruling will not come into effect until January 4 or until the Federal Supreme Court has dealt with the case.
Colorado’s highest court will deny Trump the right to appear on the ballot in the state, because the judges believe that what he did before and after the storming of Congress on January 6, 2021, was a rebellion against the American state, and that the 14th amendment of the Constitution can be applied against Trump.
The Supreme Court of Colorado believes that what Trump did before and after the storming of Congress on January 6, 2021 was a rebellion against the American state.
Photo: SAUL LOEB / AFP
Section three of this section of the Constitution states that persons who have been involved in rebellion against the Constitution after taking the oath to protect and defend it cannot become President of the United States.
The Supreme Court judges in Colorado are thus overturning the judgment of a judge in a lower court in the state who held in November that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution cannot be used against a former US president.
Historic judgment
The case is the first in American history where Section Three of the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate.
Similar cases have been dismissed in the states of New Hampshire and Minnesota. And also in Michigan, which is an important swing state in next year’s election.
The judgment from Colorado will probably have no great significance for Trump, even if it should be upheld after processing in the federal supreme court.
The ruling only covers the Republican nomination election in Colorado in March, but its conclusion probably also affects the presidential election there in November.
Solid democratic state
Colorado is considered a solidly Democratic state that President Joe Biden is expected to win regardless of whether Trump is allowed to remain silent or not. In 2020, Biden received 55 percent of the vote there against Trump’s 42 percent.
A spokesman for Trump’s campaign calls the verdict erroneous and undemocratic, and warns in a press release that they will appeal the decision to the US Federal Supreme Court.
The Colorado Supreme Court is made up of judges appointed by the state’s Democratic administration, and the Trump campaign says the decision looks biased.
Donald Trump in court in New York at the beginning of November in connection with another case.
Photo: Reuters
Current in federal criminal case
The same constitutional amendment that is used in this case will probably be relevant again in a federal criminal case against Trump.
The case, which will start in Washington, DC, just before Super Tuesday in March, is about Trump’s actions after the 2020 presidential election.
2023-12-19 23:27:25
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