- cross-posted to:
- antitrumpalliance@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- antitrumpalliance@lemmy.world
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 stateās 2024 ballot, ruling that he isnāt an eligible presidential candidate because of the 14th Amendmentās āinsurrectionist ban.ā
āEven 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.
āPresident Trumpās 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.ā
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 āengaged in insurrection.ā But the wording is vague, it doesnāt 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,ā 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 āwas not enacted to decide whether a candidate engaged in insurrection,ā and said he would have dismissed the challenge to Trumpās eligibility.
LINKS
AP: Colorado Supreme Court bans Trump from the stateās ballot under Constitutionās insurrection clause | @negativenull@startrek.website
Washington Post: Donald Trump is barred from Coloradoās 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 stateās 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 Amendmentās āinsurrectionist banā | @Boddhisatva
New York Times: Trump Is Disqualified From the 2024 Ballot, Colorado Supreme Court Rules | @silence7@slrpnk.net
How is this not the most undemocratic thing that a state could possibly do? āoh you complained about the election being fixed so we made sure it was actually fixed this timeā like wtf?
Bruh you must have been living under a rock
Thatās not what itās about though??? This isnāt about someone complaining, did you read any of the articles?
Undemocratic? That dude is a traitor, Undemocratic would be letting him on the bailouts.
He literally tried to get his followers to overthrow the government, sold US secrets to our enemies, stole uncountable top secret documents presumably to sell to other countries, lately heās been saying that his second presidency is going to be a literal dictatorshipā¦
IDK whoās flavor-aid youāve been drinking but you really should likeā¦ IDKā¦ Look into a different flavor or something.
I have a hunch.
It depends if votes put someone above the law. The king isnāt above the lawā¦ but is the electorate?
So the argument for this is, Trump has committed a crime (ābreachā? āabuseā?) that makes him unfit to govern, and even the authority of the majority doesnāt have the power to elect him, without first changing the law.*
If the people, by this vote, have authority above the law, then I think that would make you right - but in that case shouldnāt it mean other ineligible candidates (such as non American citizens) must become eligible, because if the majority votes them in, then the authority of the majority vote trumps the old law?
*Obviously this depends on said judgement being correct.