Trump 'engaged in an insurrection,' judge says, but should remain on
Colorado ballot
A Colorado judge has rejected an attempt to remove former President
Donald Trump from the state's 2024 primary ballot based on the claim
that he is constitutionally barred from office because of the January
6, 2021, insurrection.
The major decision issued Friday by Colorado District Judge Sarah
Wallace comes after judges in Minnesota and Michigan also refused to
remove Trump from that state's Republican primary ballots.
These three high-profile challenges against Trump, which had the
backing of well-funded advocacy groups, have so far failed to remove
him from a single ballot, with the 2024 primary season fast
approaching.
Wallace said she was keeping the former president on the ballot
because the 14th Amendment's "insurrectionist ban" does not apply to presidents, though she found that "Trump engaged in an insurrection on
January 6, 2021 through incitement, and that the First Amendment does
not protect Trump's speech."
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/17/politics/trump-colorado-ballot-14th-amendment-insurrection/index.html
Nov 17, 2023
If you want to understand how the Colorado court's decision to keep
Trump on the primary ballot could be a loss for Trump in disguise,
listen to @judgeluttig and me discuss it with @AliVelshi on MSNBC
tomorrow at 10 am ET.
https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1725670144142151746
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