Trump Disqualified From 2024 Ballot by Colorado Supreme Court

The Colorado Supreme Court ejected former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, ruling his ineligibility due to the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.”

“A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of the President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” read Tuesday’s opinion. “Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Colorado Secretary of State to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot.”

The court ruled four to three, and the ruling will be placed on hold pending appeal until Jan. 4.

In September, watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a lawsuit on behalf of six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters seeking to disqualify Trump from the primary ballot under a provision of the 14th Amendment that bars certain candidates who have engaged in insurrection.

The plaintiffs argued that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, also known as the Disqualification Clause, prohibits any person from holding federal or state office who took an “oath…to support the Constitution of the United States” and then has “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” 

The case marked the first major lawsuit to block Trump from Colorado‘s 2024 presidential ballot, and a state judge issued a protective order prohibiting threats and intimidation in the case. Trump, the first former president to be charged with state or federal crimes, was indicted in August over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and an anti-democratic campaign that culminated in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. He is facing a total of four separate indictments.

The Colorado Supreme Court ejected former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, ruling his ineligibility due to the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.”

“A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of the President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” read Tuesday’s opinion. “Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Colorado Secretary of State to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot.”

The court ruled four to three, and the ruling will be placed on hold pending appeal until Jan. 4.

In September, watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a lawsuit on behalf of six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters seeking to disqualify Trump from the primary ballot under a provision of the 14th Amendment that bars certain candidates who have engaged in insurrection.

The plaintiffs argued that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, also known as the Disqualification Clause, prohibits any person from holding federal or state office who took an “oath…to support the Constitution of the United States” and then has “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” 

The case marked the first major lawsuit to block Trump from Colorado‘s 2024 presidential ballot, and a state judge issued a protective order prohibiting threats and intimidation in the case. Trump, the first former president to be charged with state or federal crimes, was indicted in August over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and an anti-democratic campaign that culminated in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. He is facing a total of four separate indictments.