The Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that Donald Trump is ineligible for the state's 2024 presidential ballot due to his role in the attempted Jan. 6 overthrow of the federal government. The decision is stayed until Jan. 4 or until the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the matter.
Donald Trump received an early Christmas present Tuesday, courtesy of the Colorado Supreme Court . In a move without precedent, the justices ruled 4-3 that Trump was ineligible for the state’s 2024 presidential ballot , owing to his role in the attempted Jan. 6 overthrow of the federal government. However, the decision was stayed until Jan. 4, or until the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take up the matter — a move that seems all but certain.
The immediate impact was predictable: a headlong rush by Republicans to rally behind the party's serially indicted presidential front-runner. “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,” Texas GOP Rep. Chip Roy wrote on the social media platform X. Before issuing his fulminating statement, Roy was last seen campaigning in Iowa on behalf of Trump’s fading rival, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Naturally, Democrats and Trump foes reveled in the Colorado court's decisio
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