Donald Trump.Photo:Scott Olson/Getty
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TheUnited States Supreme Courthas agreedto take up the issue of whetherDonald Trumpcan constitutionally be banned from Colorado’s 2024 presidential primary ballot.
The Colorado Supreme Court disqualified Trump from the state’s Republican primary on Dec. 19, a decision Trump’s legal team appealed. Ultimately, the Supreme Court determined itwillweigh in on whether Trump qualifies for the race,The Hillreported on Friday. Oral arguments are scheduled for Feb. 8
“We welcome a fair hearing at the Supreme Court to argue against the bad-faith, election-interfering, voter-suppressing, Democrat-backed and Biden-led, 14th Amendment abusing decision to remove President Trump’s name from the 2024 ballot in the state of Colorado,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement, per The Hill.
The decision to remove the former president from the ballot was based on Section 3 ofthe U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which disqualifies individuals who have “previously sworn an oath to support the Constitution” and have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from office.
“A majority of the court holds that [former] President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Colorado Secretary of State to list him as a candidate of the presidential primary ballot,” the state Supreme Court said in itsopinionissued in December.
The court noted that its decision would stay until Jan. 4, a day beforethe state’s ballot certification deadlinefor the March 5 presidential primary election.
Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Waco, Texas, on March 25, 2023.Brandon Bell/Getty
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Similar cases challenging Trump’s candidacy have been filed in several other states, including Michigan and Minnesota.
source: people.com
