(TheRedAlertNews.com) – In a bewildering ruling hurting Americans’ right to choose the nation’s president – and one that is certain to embolden leftist repression, Colorado’s highest court has decided that Donald Trump must be banned from the state’s primary ballot.
In denying Trump the right to be on the ballot for the 2024 election, the Colorado Supreme Court has invoked for the first time in history the “insurrection clause,” that is, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, to disqualify a presidential candidate.
On Tuesday, in a split 4-3 decision, the court ruled the former president was ineligible to appear on the state’s 2024 primary ballot because of the January 6, 2021 events at the US Capitol.
“A majority of the court holds that Trump is disqualified from holding the office of president under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment,” the ruling reads.
However, the ruling is subject to a stay until January 4 or pending a decision by the US Supreme Court on the case, The New York Post reports.
Trump’s campaign, responding to the ruling, is expected to appeal. The campaign expressed its conviction that the US Supreme Court would ultimately support Trump.
It declared it had “full confidence” that the Court would “finally put an end to these un-American lawsuits.”
They criticized the decision as “completely flawed,” attributing it to the Democratic-appointed nature of Colorado’s court.
The court’s majority, in their ruling, underscored the gravity and seriousness with which they approached the decision.
“We are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us. We are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law, without fear or favor, and without being swayed by public reaction to the decisions that the law mandates we reach,” the ruling reads.
This decision comes after a lower Colorado court judge previously rejected a lawsuit arguing that Trump could not be disqualified due to uncertainty about whether the provision applied to the commander-in-chief.
The state Supreme Court majority countered this view, arguing that Section 3 should not exclude “every oathbreaking insurrectionist except the most powerful one.”
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, the leftist group behind the Colorado case, hailed the decision.
“Our Constitution clearly states that those who violate their oath by attacking our democracy are barred from serving in government,” said its president, Noah Bookbinder.
Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian Boatright was among the three dissenters, arguing the complexities of the case were too great for a state-level decision and emphasizing the necessity of due process.
“Even if we are convinced that a candidate committed horrible acts in the past — dare I say, engaged in insurrection — there must be procedural due process before we can declare that individual disqualified from holding public office,” he stated.
This Colorado lawsuit is one of many filed nationwide to prevent Trump from appearing on future ballots.
Section 3, historically intended to bar ex-Confederates from reentering government post-Civil War, is central to these legal challenges.
