Colorado GOP asks the US Supreme Court to disrupt the repulsive decision from the 2024 votes compass

#ColoradoGOP #asksUS #SupremeCourt #people's #trump #court The Colorado Republican Party says it is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an unprecedented state Supreme Court decision that removed Donald Trump from Colorado's 2024 elections. The Colorado GOP was also a party the lawsuit and is fighting to preserve its right include Trump in the March primary. Trump has not yet filed his appeal, which is expected to take place soon. The appeal means state court's stay on decision, which was set to expire Jan. 4, will be extended indefinitely until U.S. Supreme Court announces whether it will accept appeal and, if so, issues its final decision. It also draws nine federal judges into another controversy over the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination. The high court is separately dealing with other issues related to Trump's criminal case for overturning the election. appeal to supreme court The Colorado judge presiding over trial granted the state GOP's request to intervene in case shortly after it was filed. In their filing Wednesday, party asked U.S. Supreme Court to take up case and reinstate Trump's name on primary ballot in Colorado. “By excluding President Trump from vote, Colorado Supreme Court has demonstrated an unprecedented disregard for First Amendment right of political parties to elect candidates of their choosing and usurped people's right to elect their elected officials,” attorneys said. He wrote, according to the petition they published online, representing the party. In addition First Amendment argument, Colorado GOP said state Supreme Court wrongly expanded Constitution's "ban on insurrection" to apply presidents, even though it wasn't explicitly stated in provision. They also argued that only Congress, not courts or state election officials, could enforce the ban. “Rejecting a long history precedent, a Supreme Court concluded that individual plaintiffs, courts, and secretaries in all 50 states, as well as District Columbia, have authority to enforce Third Section Fourteenth Amendment,” party wrote. The Colorado Supreme Court previously rejected all of these claims. The trial judge accepted Colorado GOP's argument that ban did not apply to presidents, but Colorado Supreme Court disagreed and overturned part of his decision that barred Trump from participating in vote. The party is also raising the possibility that other states might adopt Colorado's rationale for removing Trump from the ballot. Similar challenges remain in Maine and Oregon, and some Democratic officials have urged election officials to consider removing Trump from office without a court order. “Given multitude of challenges pending in other states, from lawsuits to administrative proceedings against President Trump's candidacy, there is a real risk that flawed and unprecedented analysis of Colorado Supreme Court majority will be borrowed and resulting serious legal error will be repeated.” wrote state party. Deadlines are approaching The petition came hours after the Michigan Supreme Court rejected a similar 14th Amendment case, leaving Trump on the ballot there. The dueling results further raise stakes of Colorado's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which is uniquely positioned to provide nationwide guidance on new constitutional issue. Critical deadlines are approaching that could affect how quickly or slowly judges act. Colorado election officials are required by law to approve the list of candidates for the GOP primary by Jan. 5. In its stunning 4-3 decision December 19, the Colorado Supreme Court said Trump is constitutionally ineligible to run in 2024 because the 14th Amendment's ban on rioters holding public office covers Trump's conduct January 6, 2021 . “President Trump encouraged and encouraged use of violence and lawless action to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power,” Colorado justices wrote in their unsigned, 134-page majority opinion. The justices also ruled that removing Trump from the ballot did not violate the Colorado GOP's First Amendment right to political association. “The Electoral Act limits presidential primary voting access to qualified candidates only. "Such restriction is a 'perfectly reasonable' regulation that does not impose serious burden on associational rights," the majority opinion said, adding "The Constitution, not any political party rule, is the supreme law of this land." A district judge held a weeklong hearing and issued a stunning ruling in November that labeled Trump an insurrectionist but said the presidency was exempt from the vague 14th Amendment ban. The state's high court upheld its findings on Jan. 6 and subsequently concluded that the ban applied to Trump.