Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies Trump from 2024 ballot, pauses ruling to allow appeal – By Dan Mangan (CNBC) / Dec 19, 2023
- Lawsuits in a slew of states have sought to block Donald Trump from appearing on ballots for the 2024 presidential election.
- The suits argued that Trump should be barred from ballots because he incited the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol bu a mob of his supporters.
- Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says that “no person” can serve as an officer of the United States who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the U.S.
The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that former President Donald Trump cannot appear on the state’s ballots for the 2024 election due to his incitement of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, reversing a lower court ruling.
But the state Supreme Court stayed its ruling from taking effect until Jan. 4, “subject to further appellate proceedings.”
The ruling is the first time a state court has agreed that Trump, who is the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, should be barred from ballots in a state because of a U.S. constitutional provision barring people who have engaged in “insurrection” from federal office.
Courts in Minnesota and Michigan have rejected similar suits challenging Trump’s placement on the presidential ballot, but the issue is continuing to be litigated in a number of states.
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