Former President Donald Trump is challenging the ‘insurrection’ ruling while petitioners are arguing Section 3 applies to presidents.
The Colorado Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday from legal counsel for former President Donald Trump and petitioners who sought to remove him from the state primary ballot.
Both parties are seeking to appeal a decision from the lower court that ruled President Trump eligible to appear on the ballot but also found that Jan. 6, 2021, constituted an insurrection that President Trump engaged in.
President Trump is arguing that the lower court overstepped its bounds by ruling on the interpretation and execution of the 14th Amendment in a lawsuit about the state’s election code.
That district court case had proceeded under a statute that required the case to be heard over the course of a week and a ruling to be handed down 48 hours after closing arguments; in lieu of discovery fitting for a case determining whether President Trump was responsible for an “insurrection,” the petitioners and court relied heavily on the controversial January 6 Select Committee report as evidence.
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