![]() ![]() “Having tried every trick in the book to eliminate President Trump from running in this election, the bipartisan Establishment is now deploying a new tactic to bar him from ever holding office again: the 14th Amendment,” Ramaswamy posted on X. ![]() GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, meanwhile, called the decision an “actual attack on democracy” and “election interference.” He pledged to withdraw from the Colorado GOP primary unless Trump is allowed on the ballot. Supreme Court will set aside this reckless decision and let the American people decide the next President of the United States.” Regardless of political affiliation, every citizen registered to vote should not be denied the right to support our former president and the individual who is the leader in every poll of the Republican primary,” Johnson, a longtime Trump ally who has endorsed the former president’s 2024 bid, said in the statement. “Today’s ruling attempting to disqualify President Trump from the Colorado ballot is nothing but a thinly veiled partisan attack. House Speaker Mike Johnson criticized the state court’s decision in a statement, calling it “reckless.” In the wake of the decision, Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, drew support from members of Congress as well as at least one other GOP presidential hopeful. While Trump’s campaign said it was preparing for any outcome before the trial judge concluded that the ban didn’t apply to the presidency - and pointed to how quickly they were able to put out a statement - the former president’s team had expressed confidence that the higher courts would rule in their favor. Trump tests new ground game strategy in IowaĪllies of the former president said they were stunned by the Colorado high court’s decision to remove Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, sources told CNN. 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.įormer President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Ankeny, Iowa, on December 2, 2023. “The Colorado Supreme Court issued a completely flawed decision tonight and we will swiftly file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court and a concurrent request for a stay of this deeply undemocratic decision. The Trump campaign said Tuesday that it will “swiftly file an appeal” of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision. ![]() The seventh was appointed in 2021 and hasn’t yet faced voters. Six of the seven subsequently won statewide retention elections to stay on the bench. 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 amendment’s wording is vague, doesn’t explicitly mention the presidency and has only been applied twice since 1919.Īll seven justices on the Colorado Supreme Court were appointed by Democratic governors. In addition, the court rejected Trump’s free speech claims, writing: “President Trump’s speech on January 6 was not protected by the First Amendment.” “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.” “We conclude that the foregoing evidence, the great bulk of which was undisputed at trial, established that President Trump engaged in insurrection,” the opinion added. These actions constituted overt, voluntary, and direct participation in the insurrection.” “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 did not merely incite the insurrection,” the majority wrote in its unsigned opinion. READ: Colorado Supreme Court ruling removing Trump from 2024 ballot (AP Photo/Reba Saldanha) Reba Saldanha/AP Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Saturday Dec. ![]()
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