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The court ruled 4-3 that Trump isn’t an eligible presidential candidate because of the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.”
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/colorado-trump-14th-amendment-12-19-23/index.html
#politics #fucktrump #thankyou #Colorado
acetothermus
Also:
anlkeynz
Is Colorado a swing state? If the US Supreme Court overrules it is that verdict handed done to Colorado? #notfromusa
SleepyHollowAppleTree
dryrunner
* pending supreme court
plinkey
This part of the ruling is pretty relevant, a state Supreme Court found that, based on facts Trump not only incited the insurrection/coup, but supported it while it was on-going.
acetothermus
Here's a non CNN article for that's that care. https://apnews.com/article/trump-insurrection-14th-amendment-2024-colorado-d16dd8f354eeaf450558378c65fd79a2
BuzzAldrinsPunch
Donald J Trump is a draft dodging coward.
Edgarflaps
earthtokelly127001
So now when this goes to the Supreme Court it should be a given that Clarence Thomas recuse himself from the case right? Being his wife was also a Trump accomplice.
Hotjoe1991
I mean good but this will absolutely backfire
horseman05
DarkSock
nicilaskin
he would have lost Colorado anyway , I want to see this in a state where he could win , otherwise its cool but will not change anything
IfILikeYourJokeITellYou
It's hard to beat cancer in one treatment
fiddlewheelx
Finally, some good fucking news
HumanCats
And yet I predict he will be on it.
Galfronon
BoomerTheYounger
At the very least, the states where that coup-plotting traitor POS Chump schemed his fake electors (AZ, GA, MI, NM, NV, PA, WI) should also disqualify that pitiful psychopathic loser buffoon. There was a magapublican planned election tampering scheme in Mesa county, CO, which, not unexpectedly, is in congressional district 3, which is represented by that christian boyfriend-cock-grabbing-for-thrills-in- a-public-place magavangelical magapublican bobert. DON’T SKI IN DISTRICT 3!
Lassannn
PunnyPunenstein
As some one that lives in colorado I'm both happy and scared.....we may be a blue state, but just barely....
jammer909
It ain't gonna stick. In fact, he'll be sending his goons to start trouble in Colorado to make sure it gets overturned, be it through the courts or Violence.
ktoo
Yay my state!! Fuck this wack job.
Specifically1NakedMolerat
49 more to go
santaferic31415
Fuck that dude. And fools that believes his sack of shit lies.
….(Respectfully)
UnattendedDeviant
Will be appealed ti Trump's Supreme Court but we'll see if stands.
WeAllLiveInAUserSubmarine
Does this mean ballots that write-in DJT would be thrown out?
chewybrian
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
Only 4-3?
manhands
Dissenters called the law “vague” and weren’t sure if president applied
UsernameMayBeSubjectToChange
So they were scared of the MAGAts
hungoveratworkguy
Love for Trump runs deep in conservatives… like hating the poor, black people, gays, education, the environment, employee rights, religions NOT Christianity, EVs & public transit, vegetables, immigrants not white…
jimmehboi
Not to rain on the parade and would love to be wrong, but I thought I read that all 7 of those Colorado Supreme Court Justices were appointed by democrats senators. They may still be conservative, but odds are they are all liberal.
jimmehboi
*democratic Governers
BobAllen2004
Sadly, the Clarence Thomas court will just overrule it.
joot78
Do hey even have standing to take it to the federal court? The regulation of state ballots is reserved to each state.
sadurdaynight
If a state (like TX, where I live) can say "we can throw out write-in candidates if they didn't pay to be on the ballot" then I'd say a state can throw out a candidate b/c they feel like he wouldn't be a good president due to past issues. I don't think Supreme Court can tell the state what to do here.
ImpliedConsent
And you would be incorrect here.
sadurdaynight
Hey, republicans voted to not impeach Trump the 2nd time around saying the states should figure it out. Now the states are figuring it out.. but you're not happy with that? They also said the states should figure out abortion rights, and when the states decide "we'll let women get abortions", suddenly folks want to kick it up to fed again. Cant' say "states should figure it out" then complain when they decide for themselves.
ImpliedConsent
Not sure why you’re imputing the words or feelings of others on me. I’m just telling you that factually you are incorrect. SCOTUS absolutely has jurisdiction on this matter particularly as it relates to the 14th amendment.
sadurdaynight
If Fed gov doesn't weigh in, then things fall to the state. Feds should have weighed in much earlier saying if 14th amendment held teeth or not. This "oh, you decided for yourselves? Ok, well, I'll weigh in now if I *have* to" bullshit is getting old fast. If US Supreme Court decides to go against Colorado, they'll basically be saying the 14th amendment has no teeth.
madvin
Too late... really too late... And in only one state... And SCOTUS can delete this... This is not enough...
DidItForScience
Well, he probably wouldn't have won Colorado anyway. But now he will say he would have. Cause he's liar.
shivacat
But today, there’s hope, thanks to Colorado.
belthasarthegreat
I don't think SCOTUS can sonce this is in the state court, not the federal
madvin
It can: "Donald Trump's spokesperson immediately denounced the "undemocratic" decision in Colorado, and announced that he would take the matter to the Supreme Court, the highest judicial body in the country. “The Colorado Supreme Court issued a completely flawed decision this evening and we will quickly go to the United States Supreme Court and seek a stay of this deeply undemocratic decision,” Steven Cheung said in a statement."
madvin
The Colorado Supreme Court however, suspended its decision until January 4, the deadline for the certification of primary ballots in Colorado, in case of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States before then.“If an appeal is filed with the Supreme Court before this stay expires, it will remain in effect and the election official must still include President Trump's name on the 2024 primary ballot until she receives any injunction or mandate of the Supreme Court” according to this decision
Raventhief
Now if only a few more states would grow a pair.
LuLuPennyAndOdium44
It’s going to scotus so there’s one more hurdle
SecretAgentSuperBooger
LordofGrixis
So because some states have ruled that he is eligible and now another state has said he isn't, it is almost certainly going to go to the Supreme Court and whatever they decide will be binding on all the states. So, good news, if SCOTUS days he's intelligible he's done. Bad news, if they say he's eligible it doesn't matter what the state courts say about it.
boomdiddley
Best bets? NY, WA, OR, NM, MI
Tumescentpie
If the dems would grow a spine they'd use this ruling to expel most of the gop from congress barring a 2/3rds vote under the 14th.
SirKaill
I would bet a few were waiting on this decision, from some of the articles being posted there's 12 other states that are ruling on this
EroticZombiePants
And probably waiting to see if the supreme court of the first state to rule so will still be alive in a week.
wiltsjunk
It all depends on whether the conservatives have a majority in the state Supreme Court on whether it'll pass
notyoubizness
They should all rule ASAP and NOT wait for the Supreme Court to set a shitty precedent.
OhIfIMust
It needs to happen in some swing states.
Tristanisawesome
Or red states. Imagine if a few red states went blue because no Republicans bothered to show up if they couldn't vote for their orange emperor. I know it'll never happen though.
Even this happening in blue states might swing a few red districts though.
YangKoete
Could always tell others that he won't be on the ballot.
SteveMND
Oh, shit. I legitimately didn't think any state would actually be able to make a convincing enough legal case for that to work (even if we all know that from a common-sense standpoint he shouldn't be allowed to run). Well done, Colorado. Now, we'll have to see how this pans out over this ruling's inevitable journey up to the SC, but I am honestly surprised (and impressed) here.
ATLandNerdy
Honestly, I wish they'd have waited until he caught a conviction, this sets a pecidence that can be used against us.
GravyEducation
I'm sure the case was basically the same, difference was who heard it
hellsgunslinger
If I read correctly the lower court didn't rule he couldn't run not because of the inciting an insurrection but because they said he wasn't an "officer" of the US. this court ruled he was and officer of the US so it applied to him. I really want to look up what is considered an "officer of the US" but going through what im assuming is a lot of case law and having no idea where to start is a daunting prospect
TheRazorsEdge
That was the Colorado Supreme Court. It will likely face a challenge in the US Supreme Court, in the near future.
MidasTheAlchemist
It will early next year.
shivacat
Definitely impressed. Way to go, Colorado! Now, see if you can rid us of Failed Trailer Park Madame Bobo.
plinkey
The state didn't bring the case, i don't think a state can bring a case against itself. It was voters who filed the suit.
SteveMND
True, that was me with poor word choice I meant state more broadly, as in "several states have people arguing this point, but I didn't think the work in any of these states would actually bear fruit."