The former president and candidate in the Democratic primaries will file an appeal before the Supreme Court of the United States, announced one of his spokespersons.
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The Colorado Supreme Court declared Donald Trump ineligible for the presidency on Tuesday, December 19, in a ruling that only concerns this Midwestern state. By a majority of four judges out of seven, the court confirmed the first instance decision concluding that the ex-president had “delivered to a rebellion on January 6, 2021”. That day, hundreds of his supporters stormed the Capitol to try to prevent the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory. The Colorado Supreme Court also considered, contrary to the decision taken at first instance, that the 14th amendment of the Constitution, invoked to claim the ineligibility of Donald Trump, did indeed apply to a president.
The judges, “aware of advancing into unknown territory”, asked electoral authorities to remove the billionaire’s name from the ballots for the Republican Party primaries in Colorado, with a view to the 2024 presidential election. The State Supreme Court, however, suspended this injunction until January 4, the deadline for validating primary ballots. “If an appeal is filed before the Supreme Court [fédérale] “Before this suspension expires, it will remain in effect and the election official must still include President Trump’s name on the 2024 primary ballot until she receives any injunction or mandate from the Supreme Court.”according to their ruling.
Donald Trump targeted by several trials in 2024
A spokesperson for Donald Trump immediately announced that the former president would file an appeal before the Supreme Court of the United States. Pending a possible decision from the highest court in the country, observers therefore believe that Donald Trump’s name should appear on the ballots in Colorado on March 5. During this “Super Tuesday”, around fifteen states will vote for the Republican primaries.
The billionaire is currently well ahead of voting intentions for his party’s primaries, according to the poll aggregator site FiveThirtyEight. His campaign, however, risks being disrupted by the trials to which he must appear in 2024. He is notably being prosecuted by a federal prosecutor for “conspiracy against the United States”, for his involvement in the assault on the Capitol. The hearing is scheduled to begin in Washington on Monday, March 4, on the eve of “Super Tuesday.”