Supreme Court in the US state of Colorado: Trump isn’t fit to serve as president
The US authorities issued an unprecedented ruling to exclude former President Donald Trump from running in the Republican Party primary elections in the state next year, due to his role in the attack by his supporters on the Congress building, on January 6, 2021.
The Supreme Court in the US state of Colorado excluded Trump due to these events.
This unprecedented case, makes Donald Trump the first presidential candidate in the history of the United States to become ineligible to enter the White House, under a rarely used clause in the US Constitution, which prevents officials who participated in a rebellion from assuming office.
The Supreme Court of the State of Colorado said in its decision that it concluded that President Trump isn’t qualified to hold the office of president, in accordance with Article Three of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
It also added, “Given that he’s not qualified to do so, it would be illegal under election law for the Colorado Secretary of State to include his name on the list of candidates for the presidential primary”.
Although this ruling only applies to the state’s Republican primary on March 5, its outcome will likely also affect Donald Trump’s standing in the general election on November 5, 2024.
The lawsuit was filed by a group of voters in Colorado, who demanded that Trump be disqualified for inciting his supporters to attack the Capitol building, in a failed attempt to obstruct the transfer of power to Democrat Joe Biden after the 2020 elections.
While Donald Trump’s campaign described the court’s decision as flawed and undemocratic, and said that it would appeal it, one of Trump’s lawyers said that the riot in the Capitol building wasn’t serious enough to be described as an insurrection, and that Trump’s statements to his supporters in Washington in that Today he was protected by his right to freedom of expression.
The lawyer stressed that the courts don’t have the authority to issue an order removing Trump from the ballot.
Trump’s spokesman also denounced the court’s “anti-democratic” decision, vowing to challenge it before the Supreme Court.
“This evening, the Colorado Supreme Court issued a completely flawed decision, and we will quickly turn to the United States Supreme Court to request a complete suspension of this anti-democratic decision,” Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chung said in a statement.
