Former President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn a ruling in Colorado that barred him from the 2024 election ballot, arguing that “chaos and mayhem” would ensue if other state courts followed suit.
Lawyers for the 77-year-old Republican presidential front-runner blasted the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision in December, which disqualified Trump from the state’s ballot under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment for engaging in “sedition,” arguing in a highly publicized filing. court that the lower court’s decision was “based on a dubious interpretation” of the Constitution.
“The Court should overturn the Colorado decision because President Trump is not subject to section 3, because the President is not an ‘officer of the United States’ under the Constitution. And while President Trump is subject to section 3 he has not ‘engaged’ in anything that qualifies as ‘rebellion,’” Trump’s lawyers wrote in a 59-page brief.
Trump’s legal team warned that “chaos and mayhem” would ensue if the former president were excluded from the 2024 ballot. AP The Colorado Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in December to disqualify Trump from the state’s ballot. Colorado Judicial Branch
Trump’s legal team stated that “efforts are underway in more than 30 states to remove President Trump from the primary and general election ballots based on the same rationale” and could have dire consequences.
“The Court should quickly and decisively end this disqualification effort, which threatens to disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans and which promises to create chaos and mayhem if state courts and other state officials follow Colorado’s lead,” the filing states.
The brief further argues that “nothing in the Colorado Election Code requires the Secretary of State to evaluate the qualifications of a presidential primary candidate” and that state election officials have “no duty” to “verify or second-guess a candidate’s sworn representation, or to exclude a presidential candidate.” from the vote.”
The high court is set to hold oral arguments on February 8 in Trump’s challenge to the Colorado Supreme Court decision.
The high court will hear oral arguments in the case on Feb 8. AP
Nearly 200 congressional Republicans — including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — signed a separate brief Thursday urging the Supreme Court to keep Trump on the 2024 ballot.
“In a time of polarization, it is easy to cast adversarial rhetoric about the election results as encouraging others to prevent a peaceful transition of power,” the 37-page brief said.
Lawmakers also argued that the decision “short-circuits” the role of Congress.
After Colorado’s 4-3 decision, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, pulled Trump from her state’s ballot also citing Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Trump’s name will appear on both the Colorado and Maine primary ballots for the March 5 Super Tuesday election pending the Supreme Court’s decision.
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