The Colorado Supreme Court is removing former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot, saying he is ineligible to be president.

In a stunning and unprecedented decision, the Colorado Supreme Court removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, ruling that he isn’t an eligible presidential candidate because of the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.”

“Even when the siege on the Capitol was fully underway, he continued to support it by repeatedly demanding that Vice President (Mike) Pence refuse to perform his constitutional duty and by calling Senators to persuade them to stop the counting of electoral votes.

“President Trump’s direct and express efforts, over several months, exhorting his supporters to march to the Capitol to prevent what he falsely characterized as an alleged fraud on the people of this country were indisputably overt and voluntary.”

Ratified after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment says officials who take an oath to support the Constitution are banned from future office if they “engaged in insurrection.” But the wording is vague, it doesn’t explicitly mention the presidency, and has only been applied twice since 1919.

We have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and finally put an end to these unAmerican lawsuits,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement.

Chief Justice Brian Boatright, one of the three dissenters on the seven-member court, wrote that he believes Colorado election law “was not enacted to decide whether a candidate engaged in insurrection,” and said he would have dismissed the challenge to Trump’s eligibility.

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AP: Colorado Supreme Court bans Trump from the state’s ballot under Constitution’s insurrection clause | @negativenull@startrek.website

Washington Post: Donald Trump is barred from Colorado’s 2024 primary ballot, the state Supreme Court rules | @silence7@slrpnk.net

CNBC: Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies Trump from 2024 ballot, pauses ruling to allow appeal | @return2ozma

NBC News: Colorado Supreme Court kicks Donald Trump off the state’s 2024 ballot for violating the U.S. Constitution. | 18-24-61-B-17-17-4

CNN: Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from 2024 ballot | A Phlaming Phoenix

CNN:Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from 2024 ballot based on 14th Amendment’s ‘insurrectionist ban’ | @Boddhisatva

New York Times: Trump Is Disqualified From the 2024 Ballot, Colorado Supreme Court Rules | @silence7@slrpnk.net

          • swim@slrpnk.net
            4·
            11 months ago

            Well they could have seen the same celebrity doctor in Hollywood once or something, but there were two different dudes responsible for their individual care when they died; Michael Jackson’s doctor got 4 years in prison for manslaughter, and has no connection to Prince.

            • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              11 months ago

              Now you’re making me question my memory but I’m not going to go back and look. I know Prince got hooked back on drugs and I thought it was the same doc that did it. It could have been that they had the same lawyers that took over their estates? There’s some serious connection. I could have sworn it was the doctors.

              • swim@slrpnk.net
                2·
                11 months ago

                I did look; there’s no discernible doctor connection. Couldn’t find anything about same lawyers either, but that seems more likely to be a true footnote in their histories. The media wanted there to be animosity between the pop stars, but they were neither enemies nor friends. Jackson named his son Prince, but not after the artist. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

                • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
                  11·
                  11 months ago

                  I know one of those ate true, but it was awhile ago. If you don’t save the articles from the time, it’s hard to find layer, ime

    • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      You can have all the best doctors in the world but if you’re addicted to drugs they can’t save you if you OD. I doubt Trump is a heroin junky but you never know!

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      11 months ago

      Michael Jackson didn’t die of natural causes. Elvis died in a time when doctors still used chainsaws to open the birth canal wider and help women give birth. I wouldn’t consider those good examples.