14th amendment
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How Colorado became the focal point of 14th Amendment efforts to disqualify Trump from the ballot
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The extraordinary Colorado election case now headed for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide if former President Donald Trump is disqualified from the ballot had its humble beginnings three years ago in the Maryland basement office of a self-proclaimed legal nerd. It was around New Year’s Day 2021. Constitutional scholar and University of Maryland law school…
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In their own words: Colorado justices argue for or against disqualifying Donald Trump
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Four of Colorado’s justices concluded on Tuesday that Donald Trump is ineligible for the presidency because he engaged in “insurrection” and that a rarely-invoked constitutional provision applies, indeed, to the president. Three justices dissented, alleging that the trial failed to afford the former president due process. Notably, their action to disqualify Trump from the state’s…
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Dissenting justices in Trump case raise due process concerns, offer slim details
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When the Colorado Supreme Court decided, 4-3, on Tuesday that Donald Trump is constitutionally disqualified from the 2024 primary ballot because he engaged in insurrection, two of the dissenting justices voiced concerns about the former president’s right to due process. “From my perspective, just because a hearing was held and (Trump) participated, it doesn’t mean…
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Colorado’s justices disqualified Trump from the ballot. Now what? | ANALYSIS
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Roughly a decade ago, the 10th Circuit Court entertained a case about a New York resident who wished to become America’s next president. The man wanted his name on Colorado’s presidential ballot for the 2012 election. But there was one problem. He was a naturalized citizen. So, the Colorado Secretary of State told him he…
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Trump disqualified from 2024 ballot, Colorado Supreme Court rules
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The Colorado Supreme Court took the unprecedented step of ordering Donald Trump removed from the 2024 presidential ballot on Tuesday, finding him constitutionally ineligible to hold future office. Trump’s campaign said it would appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Dec. 19, unsigned opinion was the first by any state supreme court to…
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Who’s weighing in on Trump’s ballot eligibility before the Colorado Supreme Court?
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By the time the Colorado Supreme Court convened on Wednesday to hear arguments about whether Donald Trump remains eligible to appear on the state’s presidential primary ballot next year, the justices had received input from several groups and individuals arguing in favor of or against disqualification. Last month, Denver District Court Judge Sarah B. Wallace…
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Colorado justices grapple with unprecedented possibility of disqualifying Trump from ballot
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared hesitant to be the first in the nation to declare Donald Trump ineligible to appear on next year’s ballot under a constitutional provision generally barring insurrectionists from holding office. At the same time, the justices were critical of Trump’s arguments for keeping him on the ballot,…
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As appeals flow into Colorado Supreme Court, Trump disqualification ruling faces scrutiny
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In the hours and days after a Denver judge found Donald Trump remains eligible for the 2024 presidential ballot despite engaging in an insurrection, her reasoning has come under scrutiny from legal scholars and the parties on both sides of the litigation, who are now seeking review of the decision. On Friday, in response to…
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Trump cleared for 2024 Colorado ballot, Denver judge rules after eligibility challenge
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A Denver judge on Friday found Donald Trump remains eligible for the state’s 2024 presidential ballot even though he engaged in an insurrection, joining courts elsewhere that have rejected attempts to disqualify the leading Republican candidate. District Court Judge Sarah B. Wallace determined the provision of the 14th Amendment barring insurrectionists from holding office does not…
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Q&A with Andrea Katz | Constitutional law professor gives context to Trump disqualification hearing
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This month, a Denver judge will decide whether Donald Trump is disqualified from appearing on Colorado’s 2024 primary ballot, following a weeklong hearing focused on the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol and Trump’s role in stoking it. The people alleging Trump’s ineligibility are relying upon Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, a post-Civil…
