2023-12-20 04:44:53
Title: Former President Donald Trump Disqualified from 2024 Presidential Election
In a historic and unprecedented decision, the Colorado Supreme Court has disqualified former President Donald Trump from contesting the 2024 presidential election. The court’s action comes in the wake of findings that Trump incited the conflict in the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, making him the first presidential candidate in US history to be disqualified for subversion or violence.
The verdict, however, has been stayed till January 4 to allow the defendant to appeal, with the deadline for printing primary ballots for the presidential election falling on January 5. Trump has stated that he will appeal the ruling to the US Supreme Court, calling the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision undemocratic.
Despite the controversy, President Joe Biden declined to comment on the ruling, while Noah Bookbinder, president of Crew, released a statement asserting that the court’s decision was not only historic and just, but necessary to protect the future of the nation’s democracy.
The Colorado court ruled that Donald Trump was disqualified under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, a move contested by Trump’s lawyer, who argued that the riots at the Capitol were not serious enough to disqualify him and that the court did not have the authority to remove Trump from the ballot. The lawyer further contended that the constitutional amendment does not apply to US presidents and that Congress must vote to disqualify them.
Following the 2020 election, a conflict in the Capitol aimed at preventing Biden from coming to power led some voters in Colorado to file a lawsuit against Trump with the support of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, alleging that Trump was behind it.
The case is set to have far-reaching implications for the future of US politics and elections, as the legal battle over Trump’s disqualification continues to unfold.
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