Key takeaways:
- The Colorado Supreme Court issued a ruling that disqualifies former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s GOP primary ballot in 2024.
- The court split 4-3 in its decision, with the majority opinion stating that “President Trump did not merely incite the insurrection,” but rather “he directed and undertook a course of conduct that encouraged and enabled the insurrection.”
- The ruling is likely to be the first of many legal battles over the issue of whether Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election disqualifies him from office under the Constitution.
The Colorado Supreme Court issued a monumental ruling on Tuesday evening that disqualifies former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s GOP primary ballot in 2024. The court put its ruling on hold until January 4, anticipating that Trump would appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The ruling affirmed in part a lower court ruling, reached after a week-long evidentiary hearing, that Trump had engaged in insurrection on January 6. This is the first such ruling in the country, and virtually guarantees a fight at the Supreme Court over whether Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election disqualifies him from office under the Constitution.
The court split 4-3 in its decision, with the majority opinion stating that “President Trump did not merely incite the insurrection,” but rather “he directed and undertook a course of conduct that encouraged and enabled the insurrection.” The court also rejected two other legal arguments which Trump attorneys have raised in their attempt to fend off the ruling.
The ruling is likely to be the first of many legal battles over the issue of whether Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election disqualifies him from office under the Constitution. It remains to be seen how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the matter, and whether Trump will be allowed to appear on the state’s GOP primary ballot in 2024.
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