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Commentary | Following Colorado Ruling, Texas Lt Gov Suggests Biden Should Be Taken Off His State’s Ballot (Western Journal)

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Commentary | Following Colorado Ruling, Texas Lt Gov Suggests Biden Should Be Taken Off His State’s Ballot – By Randy DeSoto (Western Journal) / Dec 20, 2023

Four Democrat-appointed judges on the Colorado Supreme Court potentially opened a Pandora’s box with their Tuesday ruling barring former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot.

In the 4-3 ruling, the court cited Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which provides that anyone who has sworn an oath to the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof” is ineligible for office.

It was adopted after the Civil War as a way to bar from office those who fought for or materially supported the Confederacy.

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