DENVER (AP) — A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race.
Since the Constitution gives management and oversight of elections to the States, does that not mean that the Colorado Supreme Court is the highest court which has jurisdiction on this case?
That is why I am hoping that the appeal to the Supreme Court results in them saying “we have to respect the state’s decision” but my realistic brain knows that’s not going to be the case
This is a huge political treat for Trump.
He lost Colorado in a landslide last time. Never even stood a chance of winning it in 2024. But now he’s been handed on a silver platter the ability to claim that the system is rigged against him.
I get that we do not want a traitorous wannabee dictator on the ballot. But even more important is not letting him take the oval office, either by election or force, and I fear this helps him more than it hinders him.
Fingers crossed for a cascade effect with other states…
This is a bad take.
It overvalues the republican narrative machine. What’s the alternative? Rolling over and letting him do whatever because we’re afraid of whatever lie he’ll choose to tell? Hard pass.
If several blue states do the same, he will lose the nomination or the RNC will have to change the rules to put him in as the nominee. There are more republicans living in California than there are in Texas, and if they can’t vote for Trump, they’ll have to vote for another clown, which gives one of them a fighting chance of beating Trump. Regressives are selfish - they won’t be able to resist infighting.
It’s not just about whether this is a political treat, it’s about the legitimacy of the US constitution.
Imagine if the Colorado Supreme Court decided not to pursue this because it would be more politically convenient not to give Trump the opportunity to play the victim. In the short term, sure maybe that’s what keeps Trump out of the office. In the long term, insurrection is no longer off the table for any political opponent who loses an election. Why persecute any criminal when it’s politically inconvenient anymore?
Not to mention Colorado is just the beginning.
I’m sure this will boost his fundraising. That’s guaranteed to happen anytime he’s held to account. But the alternative is to not hold him to account for his many publicly committed crimes. I fear that much more.
