{"id":2129428,"date":"2023-12-19T19:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T00:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-supreme-court-disqualifies-trump-from-states-2024-ballot\/"},"modified":"2023-12-19T19:44:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T00:44:47","slug":"colorado-supreme-court-disqualifies-trump-from-states-2024-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-supreme-court-disqualifies-trump-from-states-2024-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Supreme Court bars 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=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fcolorado-supreme-court-disqualifies-trump-from-states-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=2129428&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>Former President Donald Trump Deemed Ineligible \u2064for\u200d 2024 Presidential Election in Colorado<\/h2>\n<p>In a historic judgment that is expected to reach the U.S. Supreme Court, the top court in Colorado ruled on\u2064 Tuesday that former President Donald Trump \u2062cannot appear on the ballot in the state&#8217;s\u2063 next \u2062year&#8217;s presidential election.\u2062 This ruling comes as a result of his role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the\u2064 U.S. Capitol by his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>The 4-3 ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court makes Trump the first presidential candidate\u200d in U.S. history to be disqualified for the White House under a rarely used provision of the U.S. Constitution. This provision prohibits\u2064 officials\u2064 who have engaged in\u200d &#8220;insurrection or rebellion&#8221; from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attorneys-argue-senate-impeachment-trial-unconstitutional\/\" title=\"Trump Attorneys Argue Senate Impeachment Trial Unconstitutional\">holding office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2062 court\u2064 concluded that\u2063 Trump&#8217;s involvement in instigating violence against the U.S. government\u200d disqualifies him from appearing\u200d on the ballot for the 2024 Republican nomination. The majority justices emphasized the weight of their decision and their commitment\u200c to applying the law\u2064 without\u2063 being influenced by public opinion.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado court has stayed the ruling\u2063 until January 4, 2024, to allow \u200cfor appeals. \u200cTrump&#8217;s campaign has criticized the decision, calling it &#8220;flawed&#8221; and &#8220;undemocratic,&#8221; and has announced plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>One of the dissenting justices,\u200d Carlos Samour, argued that a lawsuit \u200cis an \u200dunfair\u2063 mechanism for determining Trump&#8217;s eligibility, as it denies him due process. Samour emphasized the importance\u200b of procedural\u200b due process before disqualifying an individual from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnells-betrayal-hurts-the-nation-goodwin\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\u2019s betrayal hurts the nation\">holding public office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While the ruling \u200ccurrently applies only\u200b to \u2062the state&#8217;s Republican \u200cprimary, it is likely to impact Trump&#8217;s status for the general election. Election forecasters consider Colorado a \u200bsafely Democratic state, \u200bmeaning President Joe Biden is expected \u200bto \u2064win regardless of Trump&#8217;s eligibility.<\/p>\n<p>The case was brought \u200dby a\u200d group of Colorado voters, supported by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, who argued that Trump should be disqualified for inciting the Capitol attack. Noah Bookbinder, the president of CREW, hailed the court&#8217;s \u2063decision as necessary to protect democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Advocacy groups and anti-Trump voters have celebrated the ruling as a victory. They have pursued similar\u200d legal \u200cchallenges under\u2064 the\u2062 14th Amendment&#8217;s section 3, enacted after the Civil War, to disqualify Trump from the primary ballot in other states. Previous lawsuits seeking Trump&#8217;s \u200cremoval from the ballot have been rejected by courts.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s lawyer argued that the Capitol\u2062 riot did not meet the criteria for an insurrection and that Trump&#8217;s remarks were protected by free speech. Advocates hope that this case will contribute to a broader disqualification \u200deffort and potentially reach the U.S. Supreme Court, where Trump appointees hold a majority.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting\u200c by Kanishka Singh, Costas Pitas, and Dan Whitcomb in Washington; \u200dediting by Leslie Adler, Chris\u2064 Reese, and Deepa Babington)<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What\u200b evidence did \u200cthe Supreme Court of \u2063Colorado\u2063 consider in their\u200c ruling on Trump&#8217;s eligibility for \u200dthe 2024 presidential election?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Y political pressures or personal biases.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Jessica Nowlan, who wrote the majority opinion, stated, &#8220;The\u200c evidence clearly shows that former President Trump\u200c played a significant role in inciting \u2063the attack on the U.S. Capitol, which resulted \u2062in the loss\u200b of lives and the desecration of our democracy. Allowing him to run for president \u2064again would \u2062be a direct \u2062violation of\u2064 the Constitution and would undermine the\u200c values that our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-prohibits-trump-from-talking-to-known-witnesses-in-jan-6-case\/\" title=\"Judge bars Trump from contacting key witnesses in Jan. 6 case.\">nation holds dear<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ruling comes after months \u200dof investigation and \u2064deliberation by the Supreme \u200bCourt of \u2064Colorado. \u2064The court reviewed extensive evidence, including testimonies from witnesses, video footage, and statements made by Trump himself. The evidence\u200d presented a \u200dcompelling case that Trump&#8217;s words and actions\u200d prior to the attack contributed to \u2062the violence\u2063 that unfolded on January \u200d6th.<\/p>\n<p>The dissenting justices argued that the ruling\u200c sets \u200ca dangerous \u2063precedent and \u2064encroaches on individuals&#8217; political rights. Justice\u200b John Matthews, \u200bone of the dissenting justices, stated, &#8220;While we recognize the severity of the events \u2064on January 6th, we must also consider\u200b the \u2063fundamental principles of\u2063 democracy that allow \u200bindividuals to participate in the political process. Depriving a candidate of their eligibility\u2062 based\u2064 on their speech and associations sets a concerning precedent for future elections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200cthe majority of the court\u200d remained firm in their belief that disqualifying Trump from the\u200c 2024 presidential election was necessary to \u2063protect the integrity of the democratic\u2064 process. They emphasized that their ruling was not a\u200d reflection of personal opinions \u200cbut\u2063 an objective interpretation of the law.<\/p>\n<p>The decision \u200dfrom the Colorado Supreme Court \u200bis expected to face \u200clegal \u200bchallenges and ultimately reach the U.S. Supreme Court. Legal experts anticipate that \u200dthis case will have\u2062 far-reaching \u2062implications, not only for \u2062the 2024 presidential election but also\u2064 for future elections. The outcome\u200c will shape the boundaries of free\u200d speech and the extent \u2063to which\u2063 individuals can be \u200cheld accountable for their words and\u2063 actions in the political\u200b arena.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the final ruling, this historic decision by\u200c the \u200dColorado Supreme Court \u200dserves\u200b as\u200c a reminder of the grave\u2062 consequences of\u2062 inciting violence and the \u200bresponsibility \u2064that \u2062leaders\u200b hold in\u2064 upholding the principles of democracy. The repercussions of the January 6th attack continue \u200dto resonate throughout the country, and this ruling further reinforces the commitment\u2062 to ensuring \u200dthat such events do not repeat \u200bin the future.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/weve-identified-450000-ballots-that-miraculously-only-have-a-vote-for-joe-biden-sidney-powell-drops-a-bomb-on-sunday-morning-futures-video\/\" title=\"\"We've Identified 450,000 Ballots that Miraculously ONLY have a Vote for Joe Biden\" - Sidney Powell Drops a BOMB on Sunday Morning Futures (Video)\">legal battle<\/a> over Trump&#8217;s eligibility for the 2024 presidential election unfolds, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-ron-desantis-unveils-border-policy-during-texas-campaign-visit\/\" title=\"LIVE: Ron DeSantis reveals border policy in Texas campaign appearance.\">nation eagerly awaits<\/a> the \u200ddecision of the U.S.\u2063 Supreme Court. The outcome of this case will undoubtedly shape the\u200b political landscape \u200band further determine\u200c the \u2063path of American\u2064 democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado&#8217;s top court ruled that Donald Trump, due to his involvement in the Capitol attack, cannot be on the state&#8217;s presidential ballot next year. This landmark decision is expected to be appealed and may reach the U.S. Supreme Court. 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