{"id":153997,"date":"2024-03-04T12:31:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T17:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=153997"},"modified":"2024-03-04T12:31:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T17:31:55","slug":"us-supreme-courts-decision-keeps-donald-trump-on-colorado-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=153997","title":{"rendered":"US Supreme Court’s decision keeps Donald Trump on Colorado ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Colorado’s election officials took action to remove Donald Trump from the ballot. They used, as justification, the 14th Amendment barring those involved with insurrection from holding office. The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of Donald Trump’s remaining on Colorado’s ballot. The Supreme Court’s justices were concerned that if Colorado was allowed to decide a federal matter related to the Presidential Election, other states would follow suit. We would end up with elections where a person is qualified in one state but not in another, which would complicate the election. The Supreme Court also argued that the states can’t make a qualification determination, based on the 14th Amendment, impacting those running for federal office.<\/p>\n

From ABC News:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The court was unanimous in reversing the unprecedented decision out of Colorado that would kick Trump off the ballot under the provision after a state trial court found he participated in “insurrection” on Jan. 6 through incitement.<\/p>\n

“For the reasons given, responsibility for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates rests with Congress and not the States,” the Supreme Court opinion read. “The judgment of the Colorado Supreme Court therefore cannot stand. All nine Members of the Court agree with that result.”<\/p>\n

On holding that only Congress had the power to enforce the provisions under Section 5 of the amendment, it said its decision would apply to federal offices nationwide.<\/p>\n

“This case raises the question whether the States, in addition to Congress, may also enforce Section 3,” the decision read. “We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office. But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency.”<\/p>\n

The justices further said the idea that individual states can decide how the section is used with respect to federal offices is “simply implausible” and could result in an unworkable “patchwork” where a candidate could be ineligible in one state but not another.<\/p>\n

“Nothing in the Constitution requires that we endure such chaos — arriving at any time or different times, up to and perhaps beyond the Inauguration,” the decision read.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ABC News has the rest of the story here<\/a>. CBS News has a link to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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