Donald Trump will not appear on the Colorado primary ballot (for now)
The Colorado Supreme Court overturned a lower court’s previous ruling and held that TFG will NOT appear on the state’s 2024 ballot because he violated Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment known as the ‘Insurrection Clause.”
Previously, a district court in Colorado stated that while Trump engaged in insurrection, as defined under the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, he was still allowed to remain on the state’s ballot. Specifically, the district court decided that the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause does not apply to presidential candidates the same way it would apply to an individual running for the House of Representatives or Senate. Previously, Minnesota ruled that TFG could remain on the ballot and stated (punted on the issue) that Congress should decide the issue and not the courts.
Section 3 Disqualification from Holding Office
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
On Tuesday, the (North Carolina) State Board of Elections voted to keep TFG on the state’s ballot. Surprisingly enough, remember—it’s North Carolina…three members of the Democratic Party and two Republicans make up the board and voted 4-1 to dismiss a complaint by a retired federal government lawyer in Stokes County seeking to disqualify Trump from running for office.
