Trump Takes Colorado Case to US Supreme Court Seeking to Get His Name Back on Ballot

Former President Donald Trump filed a petition at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday calling for it to overrule the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove him from the 2024 presidential ballot. The Colorado…

IJR SyndicatedJan 4, 20243 min read

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The ColoradoSupreme Court found that Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion amounted to participation in an insurrection. All seven justices were appointed by Democratic governors of the state.

It is a violation of federal law to engage in a rebellion or insurrection, with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. Trump supporters have noted that he has not been charged with, much less convicted of, any such crime.

Trump campaign attorney Harmeet Dhillon posted on X, “It’s true. We just filed our … petition in the Colorado 14th Amendment case. Proud to stand on the side of the Constitution and with ⁦.”

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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold determined that if the U.S. Supreme Court does not make a decision on whether to hear the case by Thursday, Trump’s name must be placed on the ballot, as George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley noted on X.

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Democratic Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows also unilaterally decided last month that Trump is ineligible to appear on the state’s ballot. On Tuesday, the Trump campaign appealed that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.

After the Colorado ruling last month, Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said, “The ColoradoSupreme Court issued a completely flawed decision tonight and we will swiftly file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court and a concurrent request for a stay of this deeply undemocratic decision.”

“We have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and finally put an end to these unAmerican lawsuits,” he added.

The supreme courts in Michigan and Minnesota have already rejected bids to have Trump removed from their respective states’ ballots. More than a dozen states have similar cases pending.

Trump is currently the prohibitive front-runner in the Republican presidential primary race. He is also leading President Joe Biden in multiple recent general election polls.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.