{"id":2081794,"date":"2023-10-27T19:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T23:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rejects-attempt-to-dismiss-bid-to-disqualify-trump-from-2024-ballot\/"},"modified":"2023-10-27T19:22:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T23:22:43","slug":"judge-rejects-attempt-to-dismiss-bid-to-disqualify-trump-from-2024-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rejects-attempt-to-dismiss-bid-to-disqualify-trump-from-2024-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge denies motion to dismiss effort to disqualify Trump from 2024 ballot."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-rejects-attempt-to-dismiss-bid-to-disqualify-trump-from-2024-ballot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2081794&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Judge in Colorado Allows Lawsuit to Proceed, \u200dPotentially Disqualifying Trump from 2024 Presidential Ballot<\/h2>\n<p>A judge\u200c in Colorado has made a significant ruling \u2062in a lawsuit\u2064 seeking to disqualify former President Donald Trump from appearing on the presidential ballot in the state in\u2062 2024. Despite \u200barguments from Trump&#8217;s \u200clawyers that eligibility should be determined\u2063 by Congress, Judge Sarah \u200dWallace rejected their claims.\u200d In her decision on Wednesday, she stated that the Colorado District \u200bCourt\u200d has the authority to rule on the \u200bquestion of eligibility for the state&#8217;s\u2064 ballot.<\/p>\n<p>In her ruling, Judge Wallace highlighted the inconsistency of Congress being the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-rejects-attempt-to-dismiss-bid-to-disqualify-trump-from-2024-ballot\/\" title=\"Judge denies motion to dismiss effort to disqualify Trump from 2024 ballot.\">sole entity empowered<\/a> to determine\u2063 eligibility\u200d and also having the power to remove it. She emphasized that it would\u2064 be strange for Congress to hold both responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was \u200dfiled by\u2063 the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington on behalf of six Republican \u200dand nonaffiliated voters. They argue that Trump violated the 14th Amendment&#8217;s Section 3, claiming\u2062 that his alleged role in inciting the \u2063Capitol riot on January 6,\u200c 2021, constituted a breach\u200d of his constitutional oath as president.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Judge Wallace affirmed that states have the authority to disqualify candidates using the power granted by the 14th Amendment. She\u200c stated that states can apply Section 3 through their own statutes without relying on\u200b federal enforcement legislation.<\/p>\n<p>While \u200cTrump has dismissed the 14th Amendment-based attempts to disqualify him\u200d as a\u200c &#8220;trick&#8221; and lacking legal basis, election officials have been discussing the possibility. The \u2063lawsuit in Colorado marks the \u200dfirst challenge to\u200d Trump&#8217;s\u2062 eligibility, with similar challenges being filed in other states such as Michigan, Minnesota, and Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> On what grounds\u200b did Judge\u200c Sarah Wallace reject the argument that eligibility should be\u200c determined by Congress?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The ruling\u200b by Judge Sarah Wallace in Colorado \u200chas brought a\u200d significant development in\u2064 a\u200d lawsuit \u2063aiming to disqualify former President Donald Trump \u2063from\u2064 the 2024 presidential ballot in the \u200bstate. Despite arguments \u200cmade by Trump&#8217;s lawyers \u200cthat eligibility should be determined by Congress, Judge Wallace rejected these claims. In her decision\u200d on Wednesday, she stated that the \u2064Colorado District Court holds the authority to rule on the question of eligibility for the state&#8217;s ballot.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Wallace emphasized the \u200binconsistency of Congress\u200c being\u2063 the sole entity empowered to determine eligibility while also having\u2064 the power\u200b to remove \u200cit. She \u200cpointed out that it \u2064would be unusual\u200d for Congress to hold both \u2064responsibilities simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit was filed by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington on behalf of six Republican and nonaffiliated voters. They\u200d argue that Trump violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, claiming that his alleged role in inciting \u200bthe Capitol riot on January\u2063 6, 2021, constituted a breach of his constitutional oath as president.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Judge Wallace \u2062asserted that states have the authority to disqualify candidates using\u2064 the power granted by the 14th Amendment. She stated that states can apply Section \u20633 \u200bthrough their\u200d own statutes without\u200c relying \u2064on \u2062federal enforcement legislation.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump has dismissed the attempts \u200cto disqualify him based on the 14th Amendment as a &#8220;trick&#8221; \u2064lacking legal basis, election officials have been discussing the \u200cpossibility. The lawsuit in \u2062Colorado marks the first \u2063challenge to Trump&#8217;s eligibility, \u200bwith similar challenges being filed in other states such as Michigan,\u2062 Minnesota, and Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>This ruling \u200bsets\u200d an important precedent in the ongoing\u200d debate about Trump&#8217;s eligibility for future presidential elections. The decision by Judge Wallace reaffirms the power of states to determine the suitability of candidates based \u200bon constitutional grounds, independent of \u2063federal authority. It \u200bremains to be seen how \u2064this ruling \u200cwill impact the broader\u200b legal landscape and whether similar challenges will gain traction in other states.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2063is\u2062 worth noting that this ruling does not automatically disqualify Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot \u2063in Colorado, but it does allow the lawsuit to proceed. The ultimate determination will depend on \u200bthe outcome of the legal proceedings and any \u200bsubsequent appeals.<\/p>\n<p>As \u200cthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oklahoma-approves-first-religious-charter-school-in-united-states\/\" title=\"First religious charter school approved in Oklahoma.\">legal battle unfolds<\/a>, the controversy surrounding Trump&#8217;s potential candidacy in the 2024 presidential election continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-sues-irs-over-whistleblower-leaks\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden files lawsuit against IRS for whistleblower leaks.\">captivate public attention<\/a>. The\u200b outcome of this \u200dlawsuit will undoubtedly\u200b have far-reaching implications for the political landscape and the future of American democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>judge has the authority to decide on the eligibility of a presidential candidate, dismissing Trump&#8217;s claim that only Congress can make such a determination. The lawsuit seeking to disqualify Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot in Colorado will proceed as the judge declined to dismiss it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2081795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2081794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2081794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2081794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2081795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2081794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2081794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2081794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}