Colorado Supreme Court rules Trump ineligible for 2024 in state

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With our correspondent in Washington, Guillaume Naudin

A historic decision in the United States. Donald Trump must not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary in Colorado, according to a decision by the Supreme Court of the western American state.

By a majority of four out of seven justices, the Supreme Court upheld the trial ruling in November concluding that Donald Trump had “engaged in rebellion on January 6, 2021” during the storming of the Capitolbut on the other hand considered that the 14th amendment of the Constitution, invoked to claim his ineligibility, did indeed apply to a president.

As a result, he cannot run for a position that requires taking an oath on the Constitution. The Court bases this on the 14th Amendment, passed after the Civil War and which has not been used since 1919.

Ineligibility extended to the whole country?

The Court suspended its judgment until January 4, while there is an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, the highest court in the country. If it decides to take up the case, the Court with a conservative majority, three of whose judges were appointed by Donald Trump, will establish jurisprudence for the entire country.

In other words, it is possible that Donald Trump will be declared ineligible. This would be a completely unprecedented event. This is the first time that a court has decided to remove Donald Trump from the ballot for the presidential election, despite several other attempts that failed because the 14th Amendment does not explicitly mention the presidency.

The Trump clan immediately reacted by saying that they would appeal this decision. “Democratic Party leaders are in a state of paranoia over President Trump’s growing and dominant lead in the polls. », Explains the press release.