On March 5, 2024, Colorado residents will vote in a “primary election” to determine which candidates will be able to compete for the presidency of the United States in November. Currently, the question of whether former President Donald Trump’s name will appear on the Republican Party’s primary election ballot is hot.
In a recent decision that many are describing as “shocking news,” “an explosion” and a “moment for democracy,” the Colorado Supreme Court said no. By a 4-3 margin, the court ruled that Trump’s fate was determined by Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which prohibits “rebels” from holding federal or state office.
The court’s decision follows a lower state court’s decision that Trump engaged in riots in late 2020 and early 2021 in a knowing and willful attempt to obstruct a fair transfer of power. In addition to lying about the election results being rigged, he also incited his followers to disrupt the election vote counting and simultaneously participated in a plan to replace certified state electors with fake pro-Trump electors. The court concluded that these actions constituted active rebellion against the US Constitution.
2024-01-01 22:00:00
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