{"id":2171362,"date":"2024-02-08T15:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T20:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-expresses-doubts-on-attempt-to-remove-trump-from-colorado-ballot\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T15:22:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T20:22:48","slug":"scotus-expresses-doubts-on-attempt-to-remove-trump-from-colorado-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotus-expresses-doubts-on-attempt-to-remove-trump-from-colorado-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"SCOTUS skeptical about removing Trump from Colorado 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%2Fscotus-expresses-doubts-on-attempt-to-remove-trump-from-colorado-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=2171362&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Justices of the\u2064 US Supreme Court pose for their official photo at\u200d the Supreme Court \u200bin Washington,\u2062 DC on October 7, 2022. (Seated from left) Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito and Associate \u2063Justice Elena Kagan, (Standing behind from left) Associate Justice \u2062Amy Coney Barrett, \u200cAssociate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh and \u200dAssociate Justice Ketanji Brown\u2064 Jackson. (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY \/ AFP) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores\">Sophia Flores<\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>11:52 AM\u200b \u2013Thursday, February \u20648, 2024<\/h3>\n<p>The Supreme Court of the United States \u2063(SCOTUS) met on Thursday \u2063to discuss the viability of efforts \u200bto remove 45<sup>th<\/sup> President Donald J. Trump from the presidential\u200d ballot\u200c in Colorado.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c case, Trump\u200d v. Anderson, revolves around the argument that Trump&#8217;s alleged actions on \u200bJanuary 6<sup>th<\/sup>, \u20622021 make \u2063him \u2063eligible for removal from\u200c the ballot under Section 3 of the 14<sup>th<\/sup> Amendment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The \u206314<sup>th <\/sup>Amendment, Section 3 of the\u200b Constitution states, \u201cNo person shall\u2026 hold\u200d any office\u2026 under the United States\u2026 who, having previously taken \u2064an\u200d oath, as\u200b a member of Congress, or as an officer of \u2064the\u2064 United States\u2026 to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have\u2062 engaged in insurrection or rebellion against \u2063the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.\u201d   <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-obama-set-the-legal-path-for-the-mar-a-lago-raid\/\" title=\"How Obama Set the Legal Path for the Mar-a-Lago Raid\">legal team argues<\/a> that his actions as president during that time do not meet the definition of insurrection.<\/p>\n<p>During the Supreme Court session, the justices appeared skeptical of the idea of banning Trump from the ballot. Some of their questions indicated support for Trump in the ballot dispute.<\/p>\n<p>Chief\u2062 Justice John Roberts expressed concerns about the potential consequences of banning \u2064the former president.\u2064 He also questioned whether \u2064Colorado&#8217;s decision would set a precedent for\u2062 other states to remove candidates based on political motivations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cCounsel,\u2062 what do you do with the, what seem to me to be the plain consequences of your position?\u201d Roberts asked Jason Murray, the attorney for \u2064Colorado voters. \u201cIf Colorado\u2019s position is upheld, surely there will be disqualification \u2062proceedings on the other side, and some of those will succeed \u2026 \u200cI would expect that \u200da goodly number of states \u200dwill say, whomever the Democratic\u200d candidate \u200bis, you\u2019re off\u200c the ballot.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Justice Brett Kavanaugh questioned the definition of \u200b&#8221;insurrection&#8221; according\u2063 to the Constitution.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhen you look at Section 3 the term \u2064insurrection jumps \u2064out,\u201d Kavanaugh said. \u201cAnd\u2064 the questions are, what does that mean? \u2062How do you define it? Who decides? Who decides whether someone\u2062 engaged in it?\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kavanaugh also noted that \u200bTrump has\u200d not been convicted of insurrection.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution faced\u2064 tough questions \u200dfrom the left-leaning justices.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Ketanji Brown questioned why the word &#8220;president&#8221; was not \u200dincluded in Section 3 of the 14<sup>th <\/sup>Amendment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhy \u2063didn\u2019t they put the word president in the\u2062 very enumerated \u200clist in Section 3?\u201d \u2064Brown asked Murray. \u201cThe thing that really is troubling to me \u200bis I totally understand your argument, but they were\u200b listing people \u2062that were barred and president is not there. And so, I guess that just \u200dmakes me worry that maybe they weren\u2019t focusing on \u200cthe president.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Justice Elena Kagan questioned why a single state should have the authority to decide who can\u2062 run \u200bfor president.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWhy should a single state have the ability to make this determination not only for their own\u200c citizens but also for the nation?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After the arguments, Trump made a statement \u2062expressing his hope for the\u200d continuation of democracy in the country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI just finished watching \u200dSupreme Court, you know, like to watch in \u2063many \u200crespects. It\u2019s\u200d unfortunate that we have to go through the thing \u2063like that,\u201d Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago. \u201cI consider it to \u2063be more election interference \u200cby the\u2064 Democrats that\u2019s what they\u2019re doing. Good news is\u200c we\u2019re leading virtually every poll.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Trump makes statement in response to oral arguments at the Supreme Court\u2064 in the Colorado case seeking to remove him from the ballot. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uwXsS7Rv1l\">pic.twitter.com\/uwXsS7Rv1l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1755648229801099640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The case argued by Colorado is that Trump should be removed from the ballot due to his role on January 6<sup>th<\/sup>, 2021, when protests took place at the Capitol during the certification of the\u200b Electoral \u2062College votes.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors claim that Trump \u200d&#8221;incited an insurrection&#8221; by urging his supporters to march towards the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s attorney, Jonathan Mitchell, denies that the events constituted an insurrection.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe never accepted or conceded in our\u2064 opening brief that this was an insurrection,\u201d Mitchell said, \u201cWhat \u2063we said in our opening brief was\u2063 President Trump did \u200bnot engage in any act \u200bthat can plausibly be characterized as insurrection.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cFor an insurrection, there needs to\u2062 be an\u200b organized, concerted effort to overthrow the government of the United States through violence,\u201d he\u2063 continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Supreme Court is expected to make a ruling on the case in the\u2062 coming days or weeks. No deadline has been set \u2062for the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox \u200bfor free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Attorney General candidate in Missouri Will Scharf explains why he believes\u2062 Democrats want illegal aliens to cross \u200dthe border, saying it\u2019s part of their election strategy. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers call for the immediate release \u2064of Israeli hostages. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>California Congressman Darrell Issa says he is taking aim at U.S. funding of\u200c the U.N. refugee aid agency UNRWA which\u2062 he says is riddled with Hamas sympathizers. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Ted \u200bNugent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google says consumers can pay \u2063for better reasoning capabilities as it vies with Microsoft\u00a0to win subscriptions.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Apple\u00a0is building prototypes of at\u2063 least two iPhones that fold widthwise like a \u200dclamshell.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tesla sent out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/apple-is-developing-foldable-clamshell-iphones-the-information\/\" title=\"Apple is creating foldable clamshell iPhones\">single-line query<\/a> for \u200beach job\u2063 after canceling some \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-the-u-s-have-a-vested-interest-in-the-israel-hamas-war\/\" title=\"Is the U.S. invested in the Israel-Hamas conflict\">employees\u2019\u200d biannual performance reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Meta Platforms\u00a0will begin detecting and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-appeals-court-rules-trump-is-not-immune-from-prosecution-in-2020-election-interference-case\/\" title=\"U.S. Appeals Court: Trump Not Immune from Prosecution in 2020 Election Interference Case\">labeling images generated<\/a> by other companies\u2019 \u200cAI services in the \u2063coming months.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn <br \/> Said \u2063Mitchell. \u2064\u201cThat never happened here. What happened\u200b was a\u200c group of individuals engaged in criminal \u200cactivity, \u200bbut that does not rise to the level of insurrection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A decision from the Supreme Court on this case is\u200d pending. If the court\u200d rules in favor of removing Trump\u2063 from the\u2063 ballot, it could have significant implications for his political future and the\u2064 future \u2062of\u2064 the presidency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<h2>  What \u2062are the potential implications \u2063for Trump&#8217;s political future if the Supreme Court rules in favor of removing him from the ballot?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2063If the Supreme Court rules in favor of removing Trump from the ballot, it could\u200c have significant implications for his\u2064 political future. <\/p>\n<p>1. Election Consequences: If Trump is removed \u2064from the ballot, it\u2064 would mean he cannot run for re-election. \u200cThis\u200b would effectively\u200c end\u200c his chances of winning a\u2063 second term as President. He would no longer be able to campaign and gain the\u2062 support \u2062necessary for a successful re-election\u2063 bid.<\/p>\n<p>2. Party Implications: \u200dThe removal of Trump\u2062 from the ballot would likely create a significant division within the Republican Party. Some\u2064 members may continue to \u2064support \u200chim, \u2063while others may distance themselves from him. This \u2063could lead to internal conflicts and potentially impact the party&#8217;s \u2064unity\u200c and electoral prospects in\u200d the \u200dfuture.<\/p>\n<p>3. \u2063Public Perception: A Supreme Court ruling \u2064in favor of removing Trump\u200d from the \u200cballot could affect the public&#8217;s perception of him and his\u200b legacy. It would likely be seen as a stain on his political \u200bcareer, potentially \u2062diminishing his influence and credibility within the public sphere.<\/p>\n<p>4. Legal Consequences: If the Supreme Court finds grounds to remove Trump\u2064 from the ballot, it may open\u200d doors for potential legal consequences. Trump could face\u2062 further investigations, legal challenges, or\u2064 even criminal charges for any wrongdoing that may have contributed to \u2062his removal.<\/p>\n<p>5. Political Landscape: The removal of Trump from the ballot could significantly alter the political \u2063landscape. The absence of \u200ba \u2063sitting \u2063president\u200c as \u2063a candidate could impact the \u200dstrategies and platforms of other\u200c candidates, both within the Republican\u2062 Party \u200band from opposing parties. It would also\u2064 influence the dynamics and discourse of the \u2062election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Overall,\u200b a Supreme Court ruling\u200c in favor of \u2064removing Trump from the ballot would \u200dhave long-lasting and\u200b far-reaching implications for his political future. It would \u2062effectively end his\u2063 chances of re-election, potentially create\u2062 division within his party, \u2062impact public\u200b perception, potentially lead to legal \u200dconsequences, and shake up \u2062the political landscape.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 7, 2022, the US Supreme Court Justices gather at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC for their official photo. Seated are Associate Justices Sotomayor, Thomas, Chief Justice Roberts, Alito, and Kagan. 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