Colorado Supreme Court to take up appeals in Trump ballot case

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: NBC News

Nov. 21, 2023, 8:56 PM EST / Updated Nov. 21, 2023, 11:25 PM EST


The Colorado Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear appeals related to a judge's ruling against an effort to keep former President Donald Trump off the state’s ballot in 2024.

The appeals were filed by both Trump and the Colorado voters arguing he is ineligible to hold office. Trump took issue with the state judge's finding that he "engaged in insurrection," while the voters disagreed with the ruling that the constitutional clause about ineligibility does not apply to the presidency.

State Judge Sarah B. Wallace last week dismissed a legal challenge brought by a group of Colorado voters represented by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which argued Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results and his conduct surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, making him ineligible for office.

In her ruling Friday, Wallace found that Trump "engaged in insurrection" but said the Constitution’s ban on insurrectionists' holding office did not apply to Trump because the clause in question explicitly lists all federal elected positions except the presidency.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/colorado-supreme-court-agrees-take-appeal-trump-ballot-case-rcna126293

[hlthe2b]

1. December 6....

Oral arguments before the Supreme Court are scheduled for Dec. 6 in Denver, a month before Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold must certify ballots for the state’s March 5 primary.

[Farmer-Rick]

2. Well, we all knew that was going to happen

I can't believe Trump had the nerve to appeal though. He has no idea on what thin ice he's skating on.

[KS Toronado]

3. Let's hope the ice breaks.

[brooklynite]

4. What thin ice is that?

Based on the track record elsewhere, there's no indication that an appeal will successful.

[republianmushroom]

5. We shall see if the 14 amendment of the constitution means and thing to these justices.

[Qutzupalotl]

6. So a private citizen stoking an insurrection would be barred

but because a person was president, he is exempt? Make it make sense.

[Firestorm49]

7. I don't see anything about exclusion of a sitting President.

18 US Code 2384
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. This is a very accelerated briefing schedule for this case

This is a fast briefing schedule

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