The Colorado Supreme Court has barred Donald Trump from running in the state’s Republican primary under an obscure clause in the U.S. Constitution that bars people convicted of insurrection from running for public office. It is the first time a White House candidate has been disqualified under the clause, approved more than 150 years ago, in a decision that could have major implications for the 2024 presidential election in which Trump is the heavy favorite.
In a far from unanimous 4-3 decision, Colorado Supreme Court justices overturned a lower court’s decision to block Trump’s candidacy despite finding the former president committed “acts of sedition” against the Constitution in an attempt to undermine the 2020 presidential election. year and incited his supporters to invade the Capitol to stop the certification of Biden’s victory. “The Court finds that Donald Trump should be disqualified from serving as President,” the court said in its decision, which bars the former president from appearing on the ballot for the state’s Republican primary scheduled for March 5.
Trump’s disqualification was declared under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, passed in 1868 after the American Civil War and specifying that people who swore allegiance to the Constitution and were subsequently charged with “insurrection or sedition” could not hold office. government positions. again. The judges’ decision applies only to Colorado, but similar cases are occurring in other states, including Michigan and Minnesota. The Trump campaign considered this decision “anti-democratic” and assured that it would appeal to the US Supreme Court, which would have the final word on this issue.
Author: Ricardo Ramos
Source: CM Jornal
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