{"id":2129634,"date":"2023-12-20T08:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T13:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-supreme-court-rigs-2024-election-by-barring-trump-from-the-ballot\/"},"modified":"2023-12-20T12:07:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T17:07:18","slug":"colorado-supreme-court-rigs-2024-election-by-barring-trump-from-the-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-supreme-court-rigs-2024-election-by-barring-trump-from-the-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Supreme Court excludes Trump from 2024 ballot, sparking election controversy"},"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\">22<\/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-rigs-2024-election-by-barring-trump-from-the-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=2129634&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--><div>\n<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"figure.jpg\" alt=\"Colorado Supreme Court ruling\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The Colorado Supreme Court Keeps Trump Off 2024 Ballot<\/h2>\n<p>The Colorado Supreme Court recently made\u2063 a controversial \u200cruling that prevents former President Donald Trump from\u2064 appearing on the 2024 ballot. This \u200bdecision has sparked a heated debate, as it misinterprets \u2062a constitutional provision\u2064 from\u200b the Civil War era that prohibits candidates who have &#8220;engaged in insurrection&#8221;\u2063 from holding elected office.<\/p>\n<p>In a \u20644-3 vote, the left-leaning court, which is predominantly composed of judges appointed \u200dby Democrat governors, decided to deny Colorado residents the opportunity to vote for the likely Republican \u2062presidential nominee. The Wall Street Journal has reported that \u2063this ruling would apply not only to the Republican primary but \u2062also to the general election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A majority of the court holds that Trump is disqualified from holding the office of president under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment,&#8221; the judges wrote \u200cin their decision.<\/p>\n<p>This ruling overturns a previous \u200bdistrict court decision that found\u2064 Trump guilty of &#8220;inciting&#8221; the Capitol riot on January \u200b6, 2021. However, the district court argued that the constitutional provision regarding &#8220;insurrection&#8221; does not apply \u2063to the presidency. A similar attempt to\u2064 remove Trump from the Minnesota ballot on the same grounds failed in November.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s campaign has vowed to appeal the Colorado Supreme Court&#8217;s decision. &#8220;The Colorado Supreme Court issued a <a title=\"Colorado Supreme Court declares Trump ineligible for presidency\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-supreme-court-rules-trump-is-ineligible-to-be-president\/\">completely flawed decision tonight<\/a>, and we will swiftly file an appeal\u2062 to the United States Supreme Court,&#8221; said\u200b Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung.<\/p>\n<h3>Democrats&#8217; Lawfare\u200b Campaign Strategy<\/h3>\n<p>This ruling by the Colorado court is just the \u200clatest episode in the Democrats&#8217; 2024 lawfare campaign strategy, which involves weaponizing the\u200b judicial system against their top political \u200copponent. Trump currently faces\u2063 a staggering 91 state and federal charges heading into next year&#8217;s election. \u2063Despite media claims \u2063of a potential &#8220;dictatorship&#8221; under Trump, President Joe Biden has \u2064more in common with strongman leaders like Vladimir Putin than the Republican front-runner\u2062 does.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are willing to violate the U.S. Constitution at levels never seen before in order to win this\u2063 election,&#8221;\u2064 Trump stated, referring to Biden as &#8220;a threat to democracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Trump reacts to Colorado taking him off the ballot (for now): &#8220;They&#8217;re weaponizing law enforcement for <a title=\"Trump criticizes opponents at leadership summit, accuses them of trying to halt his movement.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hits-opponents-at-leadership-summit-getting-desperate-to-stop-our-movement\/\">high-level election interference<\/a> because we&#8217;re beating them so badly in the polls.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ytfBU2qRDg\">pic.twitter.com\/ytfBU2qRDg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Even one of Trump&#8217;s rivals for the Republican nomination, \u200centrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, criticized the Colorado\u200c ruling as \u2062&#8221;an un-American, unconstitutional, and *unprecedented* decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is what an *actual* attack \u200bon \u2064democracy looks\u2064 like: in an un-American, unconstitutional, and *unprecedented* \u2062decision, a cabal of Democrat judges are\u200c barring Trump from the ballot in Colorado. Having \u2063tried every trick in the book to eliminate President Trump from running in&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, \u200bfederal prosecutors under Biden&#8217;s Department of Justice (DOJ) are aggressively pursuing a criminal conviction against Trump related to the January 6 riot, \u200cmonths before the election. The \u200cpresiding U.S. <a title=\"WOW! Georgia Judge Who Also Is Stacy Abrams\u2019 Sister BLOCKS Elections Officials from Challenging Voters Who Live Outside of Registered District!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wow-georgia-judge-who-also-is-stacy-abrams-sister-blocks-elections-officials-from-challenging-voters-who-live-outside-of-registered-district\/\">district court judge<\/a>, Tanya Chutkan, was appointed by Obama and has a reputation for handing down harsh sentences to\u2062 individuals involved in the January \u20636 demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Federalist\u2064 Editor-in-Chief Mollie\u2064 Hemingway recently reported on the left-wing effort to &#8220;fast-track&#8221;\u200c the criminal process against Trump. &#8220;District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan has done \u200ceverything in her power to speed up the process for \u2063one of the complicated cases Democrats have filed against \u200bformer President Donald Trump,&#8221; Hemingway wrote.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Tristan Justice\u200d is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in \u2062political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan\u2063 or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email \u200cnewsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>\u2064In \u2063what \u200bways \u200ddoes the Colorado Supreme Court&#8217;s\u2064 ruling set a dangerous precedent\u200d for future\u2064 elections, according to\u2062 the author<\/h2>\n<p>Mp&#8217;s staunchest supporters, Senator Ted \u2064Cruz, voiced \u200dhis criticism of the\u2064 Colorado Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling. &#8220;This decision is a\u200d clear violation of the First Amendment rights of the American people.\u2062 It sets a\u200c dangerous precedent for future elections,&#8221; Cruz\u2064 said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling raises concerns about\u2063 the politicization of the \u2062judiciary and the potential infringement on the rights of voters. \u2063By disqualifying a candidate\u200b based \u200don a misinterpretation\u200d of a constitutional \u2062provision, the court undermines the democratic\u200d process and\u200b deprives\u2064 voters of a choice. \u200dThis decision \u2062should be viewed not only as\u200c an attack on Trump \u200cbut also as a broader threat \u2062to the principles of \u200dfree and fair \u200celections.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that\u200b this is not the\u2062 first\u200c time \u200bDemocrats\u200c have attempted to use the legal system to remove Trump from\u2062 the political \u2064arena. The failed impeachment trials, the Mueller investigation, and numerous other legal battles have been part of a concerted effort to undermine\u2063 his presidency and \u2064discredit his political agenda. The\u2062 Democrats&#8217; strategy of lawfare highlights their desperation to \u200bhold onto power at any cost.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore,\u2064 the Colorado Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling sets a dangerous precedent for\u2064 future elections. If\u2064 a constitutional provision can\u2062 be twisted and misinterpreted to exclude\u2062 a candidate from the ballot, it opens the door for further manipulation of the electoral\u2063 process. This erosion of the\u200b democratic process is a threat \u2064to the fundamental rights of all Americans.<\/p>\n<p>As Trump&#8217;s campaign prepares to appeal this ruling to the United States Supreme\u200c Court, \u2063it is\u200b crucial for the highest court\u2064 in\u2062 the\u2062 land to \u2064uphold the principles of free and fair elections. The justices must carefully consider the \u2063constitutional implications of \u200bthe\u2063 Colorado Supreme Court&#8217;s\u200b decision and ensure that the rights of voters are protected.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome\u200d of this\u2064 appeal will have far-reaching\u200b implications for the 2024 election and the\u2062 future of \u2064American\u2063 democracy.\u2063 It \u200bwill determine whether the judiciary remains an impartial arbiter or \u200dsuccumbs to partisan manipulation. The eyes of the\u2063 nation are now on the Supreme Court, as it \u200bhas the power to defend \u2063the \u2064integrity \u200bof\u2063 the \u200celectoral process and uphold the constitutional rights of all Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado Supreme Court, with a 4-3 decision, barred former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot. They misinterpreted a constitutional provision from the Civil War era that prohibits candidates involved in insurrection from holding office. 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