Colorado Supreme Court rules Trump is disqualified from serving as president

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George
@BehizyTweets
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I live in Colorado and I plan to vote for Donald Trump, if his name does NOT appear on the 2024 Primary ballot, I will be suing the entire state of Colorado for violating my rights

I expect a swift reversal of this nonsense ruling by the US Supreme Court

[corbe]

    Even if the USSC vacates this ruling Trump will still lose Colorado to DeSantis.

[Bigun]

From my understanding each state has their own laws regarding elections and as long as they are in compliance with federal laws the states cannot be overruled.

That is 100% correct @libertybele and Article II of the federal constitution (Supreme law of the land) lays out clearly who is entitled to run for president. Any state who ignores that is in violation of federal law.

[libertybele]

That is 100% correct @libertybele and Article II of the federal constitution (Supreme law of the land) lays out clearly who is entitled to run for president. Any state who ignores that is in violation of federal law.

Thank you for further clarification @Bigun

[Free Vulcan]

Guess I'm wondering where a State court can rule on something Federal.

Can they in turn rule on the Voting Rights Act?

[libertybele]

So....these deadlines are problematic??? At the end of the day when all is said and done, I foresee Roberts ruling with CO and against Trump.

 The 4-3 ruling will be placed on hold until January 4, pending Trump’s appeal to the US Supreme Court, which could settle the matter for the nation.

The state Supreme Court decision only applies to Colorado, but the historic ruling will roil the 2024 presidential campaign. Colorado election officials have said the matter needs to be settled by January 5, which is the statutory deadline to set the list of candidates for the GOP primary scheduled for March 5.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Could be reversed on the basis that the USC deems that all states shall be Republics. It's a stretch...

[Hoodat]

I must have missed the trial.  You know, all that due process stuff.

Speaking of . . .

Amendment XIV

Section 1

No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

The Colorado State Supreme Court is in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

[Hoodat]

From my understanding each state has their own laws regarding elections and as long as they are in compliance with federal laws the states cannot be overruled.

This decision is far worse than anyone here has noted so far.  The ruling is in regard to a party's primary election - not the Presidential election.  The Colorado Supreme Court is interfering with a political party's primary process that may or may not have any bearing on a Presidential election.   And there is NOTHING in the Constitution that gives any judge the right to decide who can or cannot run in a party primary.  If they wanted to allow the King of England on the ballot, it is 100% within their right to do so.

[Bigun]

This decision is far worse than anyone here has noted so far.  The ruling is in regard to a party's primary election - not the Presidential election.  The Colorado Supreme Court is interfering with a political party's primary process that may or may not have any bearing on a Presidential election.   And there is NOTHING in the Constitution that gives any judge the right to decide who can or cannot run in a party primary.  If they wanted to allow the King of England on the ballot, it is 100% within their right to do so.

I mostly agree with that @Hoodat as long as such candidates meet the criteria set forth in Article II. The King of England is not eligible.

[Hoodat]

I mostly agree with that @Hoodat as long as such candidates meet the criteria set forth in Article II. The King of England is not eligible.

There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents a political party from putting the name of the King of England on that party's primary ballot.  A primary election does not elect anyone to government office.  Thus, the government can butt out.

[Bigun]

There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents a political party from putting the name of the King of England on that party's primary ballot.  A primary election does not elect anyone to government office.  Thus, the government can butt out.

The Constitution clearly lays out the qualifications for a presidential candidate. There is no reference to political parties that I have ever seen but those rules apply in all cases.

[Hoodat]

The Constitution clearly lays out the qualifications for a presidential candidate. There is no reference to political parties that I have ever seen but those rules apply in all cases.

Uh, no.  The Constitution lays out the qualifications for a President.  It says nothing about political party elections.  The Colorado Republican primary does not elect a President.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Speaking of . . .

Amendment XIV

Section 1

No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

The Colorado State Supreme Court is in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Yep!

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Sharyl Attkisson 🕵️‍♂️💼🥋
@SharylAttkisson
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From @VivekGRamaswamy
 
I pledge to withdraw from the Colorado GOP primary unless Trump is also allowed to be on the state’s ballot, and I demand that Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, and Nikki Haley to do the same immediately.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr
@RobertKennedyJr

Every American should be troubled by the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove President Trump from the ballot.

10:20 PM · Dec 19, 2023

And ......

[Right_in_Virginia]

Vivek:  I pledge to withdraw from the Colorado GOP primary ballot until Trump is also allowed to be on the ballot, and I demand that Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, and Nikki Haley do the same immediately - or else they are tacitly endorsing this illegal maneuver which will have disastrous consequences for our country. (Video)

https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1737290316527370495

[Hoodat]

The irony here is that the reason the RNC pushed Colorado to reinstate the primary in 2016 is because Trump lost to Cruz.  Now Trump is unhappy with the primary.

[Hoodat]

Why Trump Supporters Have Declared War On Colorado's Republican Party

Megan Verlee  |  APRIL 15, 2016  |  10:45 AM ET

Donald Trump's Colorado supporters are gathering at the state capital Friday to make some noise about a political process they say has left them voiceless. The backlash from Trump's supporters has included thousands of voicemails and texts a day to the state Republican Party's chairman, some threatening, after his phone number was leaked online.

The protest comes in response to last weekend's state assembly, where Texas Sen. Ted Cruz succeeded in locking up all of the state's 34 open Republican National Convention delegates, shutting Trump out of all but a handful of alternate slots.

Those results appeared to catch the Republican front-runner by surprise:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/719326834538778625

https://www.npr.org/2016/04/15/474342275/why-trump-supporters-have-declared-war-on-colorados-republican-party

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Chip Roy
@chiproytx

Removing Trump from the ballot in Colorado under this theory is spurious, likely unconstitutional,  & a sadly predictable, but outrageous form of lawfare.  SCOTUS should end this.

6:58 PM · Dec 19, 2023

[Right_in_Virginia]

Who's the candidate, Rob? 

Ron DeSantis
@RonDeSantis

The Left invokes “democracy” to justify its use of power, even if it means abusing judicial power to remove a candidate from the ballot based on spurious legal grounds.  SCOTUS should reverse.

9:22 PM · Dec 19, 2023

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Chip Roy
@chiproytx

Removing Trump from the ballot in Colorado under this theory is spurious, likely unconstitutional,  & a sadly predictable, but outrageous form of lawfare.  SCOTUS should end this.

6:58 PM · Dec 19, 2023

Weren't you just bashing Chip Roy here:

Nah.   Believe it or not, no one knows or cares who Chip Roy is. 

[catfish1957]

Not only is this a precedent setting ruling against a litigant who hasn't even been charged.  Co Supreme court members should be sweating whether their ruling might encroach as impeachable, oon their part.

Putting out rulings that are crazily outside 100% of the basic tenants of law?  If Trump wins, I hope he sics his DOJ on them , to investigate what level of influence was applied, and from where. 

When our courts start disqualifying candidates for what appears to be ideology?  We're through as a nation.

[LMAO]

When our courts start disqualifying candidates for what appears to be ideology?  We're through as a nation.

The commentators at MSNBC are giddy over this. But what they celebrate today, they’ll lament tomorrow

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