The Colorado Supreme Court has disqualified Donald Trump from Colorado’s 2024 presidential election ballot, and in a 4-3 ruling has effectively blocked Trump from seeking the presidency because of his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, citing the post-Civil War-era 14th Amendment to the US Constitution that bans insurrectionists from holding public office. The Colorado case was the first constitutional challenge to Trump’s 2024 run to go through a full trial.
Voters, represented by the advocacy group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, had argued he should be barred from the ballot for inciting the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.
Colorado’s highest court – whose seven-member bench was entirely appointed by Democratic governors – overturned a ruling from a district court judge who found that Trump incited an insurrection for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, but said he could not be barred from the ballot because it was unclear that the provision was intended to cover the presidency.
In its ruling, the Democrat-controlled court found that Trump engaged in insurrection by inflaming his supporters with false claims of election fraud and directing them to the Capitol. The state justices determined that the office of the president is covered under the insurrection clause, which specifically lists those who previously took oaths to support the Constitution as “a member of Congress,” “officer of the United States,” “member of any State legislature” or an “executive or judicial officer of any State.” The district court had previously ruled that the office of the president was not covered under the clause.
The majority opinion was unsigned but joined by four of the seven justices.
Those who voted for fascism are the following four Democrat-appointed judges:
Three justices dissented from Tuesday’s decision: Chief Justice Brian Boatright, Carlos Samour and Justice Maria Berkenkotter. Each wrote separate dissents taking issue with how the plaintiffs brought their 14th Amendment lawsuit using a provision of Colorado election law.
Berkenkotter wrote that “the majority construes the court’s authority too broadly.”
“The questions presented here simply reach a magnitude of complexity not contemplated by the Colorado General Assembly for its election code enforcement statute,” wrote Boatright. “The proceedings below ran counter to the letter and spirit of the statutory timeframe because the Electors’ claim overwhelmed the process.”
Samour similarly wrote that Colorado’s election law provides no “engine” for such a lawsuit, also noting that no federal legislation existed to enforce the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause.
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“Even if we are convinced that a candidate committed horrible acts in the past—dare I say, engaged in insurrection—there must be procedural due process before we can declare that individual disqualified from holding public office. Procedural due process is one of the aspects of America’s democracy that sets this country apart,” Samour wrote.
Ironically, all this ruling will do is further cement Trump’s status as leading presidential candidate as it not only affirms his status as target #1 of the Biden Department of Justice and liberal court system, but will test the Conservative-dominated Supreme Court appeal over its interpretation of the 14th Amendment, which according to many including a Colorado District court, does not apply to the Presidency.
Indeed, as Vivek Ramaswami observed, the 14th Amendment was part of the “Reconstruction Amendments” that were ratified following the Civil War. “It was passed to prohibit former Confederate military and political leaders from holding high federal or state office. These men had clearly taken part in a rebellion against the United States: the Civil War. That makes it all the more absurd that a left-wing group in Colorado is asking a federal court to disqualify the 45th President on the same grounds, equating his speech to rebellion against the United States.”
And there’s another legal problem: Trump is not a former “officer of the United States,” as that term is used in the Constitution, meaning Section 3 does not apply. As the Supreme Court explained in Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (2010), an “officer of the United States” is someone appointed by the President to aid him in his duties under Article II, Section 2. The term does not apply to elected officials, and certainly not to the President himself.
The Framers of the 14th Amendment would be appalled to see this narrow provision—intended to bar former U.S. officials who switched to the Confederacy from seeking public office—being weaponized by a sitting President and his political allies to prevent a former President from seeking reelection. Our country is becoming unrecognizable to our Founding Fathers.
The court put its ruling on hold until Jan. 4, so Trump can first seek review from the Supreme Court, which he will. Until then, Trump’s name automatically remains on the ballot until the justices resolve the appeal.
“We do not reach these conclusions lightly,” wrote the court’s majority. “We are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us. We are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law, without fear or favor, and without being swayed by public reaction to the decisions that the law mandates we reach.”
Naturally, Trump’s campaign immediately denounced the ruling.
“Unsurprisingly, the all-Democrat appointed Colorado Supreme Court has ruled against President Trump, supporting a Soros-funded, left-wing group’s scheme to interfere in an election on behalf of Crooked Joe Biden by removing President Trump’s name from the ballot and eliminating the rights of Colorado voters to vote for the candidate of their choice,” a campaign spokesman, Steven Cheung, said.
“We have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and finally put an end to these un-American lawsuits.”
Constitutional law scholar Jonathan Turley, who previously said the case has no solid legal basis, also responded to the decision:
“My first impression remains that same. The court is dead wrong in my view… …It is striking that the court relies on Schenck v. U.S., where the Court upheld the denial of core free speech rights of a socialist opposing a war. The opinion of the Colorado Supreme Court is so sweeping that it would allow for tit-for-tat removals of candidates from ballots.”
Others was just as harsh in their assessment, with many agreeing that this witch hunt will only boost Trump. Some, such as presidential candidate Vivek Ramswami, pledged to withdraw from the Colorado primary unless Trump is reapproved, and urged all other Republican candidates to do the same.
Finally, here is Matt Taibbi’s kneejerk reaction:
By now most readers will have heard that Donald Trump was disqualified from the ballot in the state of Colorado, by the Colorado State Supreme Court, for what amounts to a criminal offense neither proven nor charged. Fifth Amendment, Schmifth Amendment, apparently.
This is a major escalation of the lawfare phenomenon that’s zoomed from simmer to boil in the seven short years since Trump was first elected in 2016. The glee of #Resistance dolts like Robert Reich and Dean Obeidallah at this decision shows that this was a move dreamed up at the very center of the bubble-within-a-bubble-within-a-bubble that is the blob of the modern Democratic Party. Racket readers, I had a piece planned for later on a quasi-related subject, but I’ll try to get it out in the day or so now.
What a crazy effing country this is…
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This is good.
The more they officially demonstrate that America is dead, the better for everyone.
Yes sir, just more defining the rules of the game. Nothing like a little clarity.
Feels like a Central Park mugging, doesn’t it?
This isn’t just good, it’s a game changer.
All of America wether they like it or not are seeing
what a fascist banana republic shit show we have become.
This communist “ruling” will of course be instantly dismissed, but it’s the gift that will keep on giving. Hate DJT all you like, but without him, most of America would have no idea how evil their government is. He pulled back the curtain. Donald Joseph Toto.
He has exposed the Borg, and now they are desperate.
Guessing the other side actually wants DJT as next President. Then they can destroy the country using him as an excuse and do it within a year or two. They will make the 2020 antifa terrorism look like child’s play compared to what they want to do to half of us Americans.
Trump didn’t pull back any curtain. The lunatics just ran out on the stage and showed their asses on their own; and, BTW, it seems to me that “most of America” still has no idea how evil the US government is. Are you one of those guys who interprets any criticism of Trump as “hate”? There’s a lot of that going around these days.
… without the kiss, the ‘I love you’, or the ring …
If the people who support Trump’s votes don’t count in Colorado, then none of Colorado’s votes count in the national election.
It’s really that simple.
Colorado, has seceded from the union.
Colorado seceding from the union is the meme that will get attention!
“COLORADO SECEDES FROM UNION”
. . . but keeps D.U.M.B. Denver Int’l. Airport (until Yellowstone detonates and Cascadia slides).
If you try to leave…We’ll kill you
When They try to leave, they leave.
Until Honest Abe’s ghost kills them, with help from the Lahaina Laser Light Brigade.
No matter how ‘independently happening’ it looks, I have now long been fully convinced that anything mirrored in coast to coast mainstream news is SCRIPT. My first thought was… lol, the desperate and dimwitted parasites think this will throw a little gas on the motivation for civil war that’s taking too long to ignite.
I’m not sure why the Democrats are going to all this trouble that will only push more people to vote for Trump. They’ll almost certainly lose at the Supreme Court level, so why bother? I mean they can merely steal the election as they did in 2020. Republicans have done little to stop the Dems from repeating their coup. Dem operatives will stuff the ballot boxes, control the counting, and set the algorithms on the voting machine software to ensure a “win.” So why all this lawfare? Is the potential Trump vote too large to hide the cheating? Or is the point to drive the country into civil war?
All the above perhaps, and as an object lesson too. This is what happens when an ant stands up.
You make a lot of good points, Bob P. Nothing has been done to stop the cheating. If anything, they’ve learned from some of their open mistakes to improve upon it next time.
I would add that, IMHO, in a straight up election (you know, with only a little fraud, like in the past) Trump would not win. He does have a solid base of Trumpsters that would vote for him no matter what. There is another segment of past voters for him (myself included) that would not vote for him because of his role in the clot shot and who have come to believe that he is not who he pretends to be. Those people that have had relatives or friends that have either died or are severely maimed for life because of it. I won’t give him a pass on this like others are willing to do.
So, I lean towards your last point. CHAOS. They want TSTHTF to usher in the global changes that the WEF/UN/WHO/The Cabal want. That would include a civil war and all that goes with it. Plus, the globalists get a twofer; population reduction.
Can you say Deagel?
Mail in ballot collection boxes are going to meet water bottles with the caps removed.
I heard.
Some will be accidently backed over. “Oops, I didn’t see it”
Others, will be used as trash receptacles.
Sounds like a plan to me!
Just remember, before anything obvious, laser the security cams.
Just kidding.
Don’t damage other people’s property.
That is wrong.
In minecraft one could use mail in ballot boxes as nice fire for marshmellows ect.,just saying……
Enrique Tarrio might have a different opinion since he did not know what he was doing.
Why not big city ballot box ashtrays?
Don’t forget to wear your full face covid mask while doing so.
his role in the clot shot
I might add promoting a Log Cabin Republican LGBT galas.
If I could only get through as a caller to Sean Hannity’s so called “conservative” talking head radio show I’d pop the question about why the gala at Mar-a-Lago. Amazing Hannity speaks out about the abomination yet worships the feet of the emperor.
It ALL has to be destroyed for their plan to prevail. They have FINALLY figured out that Cloward&Piven only gets you so far. Then you have to start shooting.
Sometimes I think they’re doing these things because they want Trump to win. They know the system is collapsing and if they could have that happen on Trump’s watch, they’ll never (or at least for the next 20 or so elections) have to worry about a Republican president again.
But then I come to my senses and remember that they are incapable of looking more than a minute or two in advance, never mind a few years, and also that this would require rational thought, something that it seems the Dems are physically unable to do or at least have been unable to demonstrate for decades.
But that’s also the answer then, as to why they do this.
What exactly is a “Republican”. A friend was asking.
The ones who vote for republican candidates need to hear the answer to that. They think that voting makes them republicans, but the party bosses don’t think they are.
At the last trump.
The trump of God.
It must all collapse for it to be renewed.
See
This is what happens when a faggot/pedophile KIKE (jared “cock in the butt” polis) controls dope-smoking- niggerloving democrat cucks and cunts and infests an entire state in the suicide/death cult.
Gonna be fun watching that isolated/no food growing pusbox faggothole of a state when TSHTF.
why would anyone vote this down. The guys just telling it like it is.
Swartzen schnitzel
Sch
I ain’t German. Sue me. I’ll take it under advisement.
See?
Downvotes on Zappa are because there are intelligent, adult ways to say the same thing without bowing to the lowest common denominator type audience.
Frank Zappa would be appalled with the views this thing spews and using his name as a moniker is beyond disgusting.
Perhaps he’s coprolalic.
Absolutely.
Throw coprophagia in there too.
I’ve called him out on this in the past. It’s no use; he’s proud of his brain-dead banter.
Negative attention is better than no attention, I suppose.
Or that goddam fucking Tourette’s excuse.
Yep. He spews more epithets in a couple of sentences than anyone else out there.
He has a real command of the English language! /s
You’re gay.
And you’re a pussy. Grow up, kid.
scoreboard @ 10:53 eastern time
Karen’s mother = 23
Lowest common denominators = 17
LOL
And YOU are demon infested. Now we’re all on the same page.
Beets cure demonic possession.
Sugar beets used to be one of the main crops in Colorado. They are one of the ugliest things to come out of the ground-hard to distinguish between elephant turds, only smaller.
Triggered again hey Karen 55……….you need to grow up ……………you dont control interweb speech !
I dont want to hear your mealy mouth running about free speech !
Your a Karen control freak.
And you are just a run of the mill dumb shit asshole.
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
You can’t (contraction example for can not) even control contractions.
You don’t (contraction example for do not) trigger me, you are a source of comical entertainment and an excellent example of white trash America.
You replied to me. Dorkus may not see it.
Indeed he would have been.
Frank Zappa was just as likely to spew that same kind of Crappa, and put it to music as well.
You’re a fucking idiot.
His band, The Mothers of Invention, at various periods in their history, had blacks, women and gays and none of his songs had any of the imbecilic rot that zappalives writes.
But . . who the fuck gives a name like ‘moon unit’ to his daughter ?
besides a 100% fucking brain dead MORON
You’re exactly right, even though you misspelled ‘moran’. ;-/
You’re a mongoloid. Zappa would spew whatever suited his intelligence agency bosses. Read for comprehension, former anonyhole. What did I write?
I often wonder if zappalives and Stephanie (and a couple of others) are pseudonyms used to rile people up and generate hits with their way over the top, inflammatory, posts and the upvote/downvote numbers used to gauge “consumer” sentiment, as a guide for future content that would appeal to the largest viewership possible. Real time market research.
Probably wrong, but I wonder.
Yes. It’s all part of my master plan to become the biggest website in the world. We’ll call you the wonderer.
Might I suggest “The Fiddler” or possibly “The Diddler”? Both seem to fit the bill.
I like
The Schrutinizer!
Hi admin!
Like my mockname?
Pretty sure Archaeopteryx Phoenix was one of those pseudonyms & Admin decided it was time to retire him.
White Power! Hitler da man. Lol. 😂
Good one, Admin. Had me fooled.
Somehow his ghost lives on.
Maybe you’re right,FA, but Clammy ain’t nowhere near as scatological as the zaptard.
There’s no doubt that one person is posting under multiple user names. You can tell by the writing style. It’s a dead giveaway.
The only way for this shit show to reach it’s climax is for the plebes to revolt, and thus the push is pegged up a notch…. let the MAGAtards shine the light of muh freedom with ten thousand tiki torches blazing though the streets of Denver….reeee
Or they could walk the streets of Denver simultaneously torching a blunt. That will draw some attention to the demonstrators for certain
Burning down the democracy to save it . . .
Well, the gaslighting isn’t working. We’re seeing through the bullshit faster than they can shovel it into the fan. And now they’ve tipped their hand…as must always happen eventually. Their Hegelian outcome has also been betrayed by their predictive programming BS. Not one, but TWO civil war movies precisely timed and assiduously planned as the swine and bird flu hoaxes of the last century.
This has been in the works far longer than the vast majority believes.
As in the days of Noe, ALL has become corrupted. Knowing now will help you in the near future…if you have wisdom.
“Colorado Forfeits 2024 Election”
Don’t worry guys, Rona McDaniel will fix this.
“The Framers of the 14th Amendment would be appalled to see this narrow provision—intended to bar former U.S. officials who switched to the Confederacy from seeking public office—being weaponized by a sitting President and his political allies to prevent a former President from seeking reelection. Our country is becoming unrecognizable to our Founding Fathers.”
Not true. The “framers of the 14th amendment” would have been fine with this move by the radical republicans who authored the 14th. That the radicals are now democrats doesn’t really matter. Also, it’s nonsense on stilts to equate the assholes who authored that amendment to the “Founding Fathers” whatever that is supposed to mean. That amendment effectively overturned the relationship between the States and the federal behemoth and it failed ratification but was enacted anyway.
Communist soros activist organization and money, every single time. Its laughable to think that ANYBODY doesn’t know who these dirtballs are and what they stand for.
responsibility and ethics… rotflmao
and…. forum shopping a court case to a packed with satanic cultists to get the ruling you want. only in murika…
They are litetally prosecuting Trump for election interference.
Can’t get any worse interference than preventing valid candidates from appearing on the ballot.
By choosing to do this?
Colorado disqualifies all its votes this coming election.
The deep state can’t win on the soapbox and ballot box any more, so they moved to “jury box.” I don’t know how many other boxes there are but at some point, someone, be it they or normies are gonna reach for the ammo box. Sorry state of affairs’ for sure.
Well, Bob, my understanding is there are four, and they’ve taken out the first three, so the cartridge box is the only one left.
Breaking: Colorado Supreme Court Arrested For Federal Election Interference.
If it’s a movie, I want two tickets.
Will the movie “Civil War” be released before it actually starts?
Yes. It’s like those movies where a meteor falls in New York or those where the good guys are from the Pentagon and arrest everyone from the CIA.
yeah . so if superglue went into a ballot box…. either every box would be on camera.. or none of the zuckervotes would work……………….. ..!..
It should be obvious by now that our courts with liberal/demo justices are becoming DeFacto star chambers. They imprison and fine those that disagree with them or that they do not like. The law has nothing to do with their rulings. What crime has Trump been convicted of?? Exactly.
Trump wouldn’t have won there anyway.
Not to worry folks, I’m sure the staunch conservatives of CO won’t allow this…. NOT! 😂😂😂 Let’s settle it in court, right guys??? 😂😂😂 Fucking pussies. Look what y’all have done to this state.
Oh, and CO is majority WHITE people. Go Whites!!! Amirite???
I think theres an app for this
Can I download it directly from Amazon?
I dunno… I’ll check my app checker to see if this is possible.
Of course you know. Don’t act like you don’t, Mr. Amazon Shopper But Scared of an App.
ok darl’n You know me to well, just skeer’d of everything. In fact I’ve been on here to long now and thems might get a trace on me…
I could sense that you’re the type that is scared of everything. It’s obvious.
Well, off to bake & decorate cookies. Gotta scan the ingredients first, tho. Don’t want to send anyone to an early grave.
Merry Christmas, scaredy-cat.
Don’t want to send anyone to an early grave.
inevitability, flummoxes.
I gotta call bullshit on you Abbey. What are we staunch conservatives supposed to do? Run away to Texas like a coward?
I have always liked you and generally support what you say but to judge those of us who have stayed in CO. while being overrun by outsiders is a cheap shot.
I will not say what I am prepared to do but I have long ago come to peace with the idea that I will die a hated man, with luck I will die in a pile of spent brass and covered in the blood of others.
Me, bullshit? Never.
What are we staunch conservatives supposed to do?
Check your Constitution. Pretty sure the directions are there.
Run away to Texas like a coward?
Can’t save the country all by myself. I did the next best thing so that I have a life, income, and an affordable home. Plus…I don’t see fags on a daily basis. Winning.
Texas has a border with Mexico and is simultaneously being overrun by illegal aliens and Californians and it’s too fucking hot and the Cowgirls are NOT America’s team ! (The cheerleaders are OK)
FAIL
BUT….my family is here. We are a HUGE clan. AND, we’re pretty awesome if I say so myself. My family will be just fine no matter what happens.
WIN
(yes, tho, it is too fucking hot)
Governor Abbott signed a bill that “law enforcement” can question anyone “suspected” of being in the state illegally. Now the law will be walking through the crowds in the major metropolitan areas , “papers please”. And those illegally in Texas migrating from California better go back from where they came.
Sure are a lot that dress like fags anyway, even in Podunk , Texas. “Butch” is not uncommon even in Podunk, Texas is all I’m saying.
The truth is in Texas people vote for cronyism regardless “left” or “right” whatever those political designations are worth. All cronyism. Case in point, so called “conservative” former governor Rick Perry worked a deal to usher in “green energy”. WTF, everyone knows that is a ploy of the “left”. SMDH
Oh the threats. So scary.
Seriously.
Dude, you had your 15 minutes, times up.
Can’t wait for his “The Campaign for Naught” book to come out.
Or, Chris Christie’s “Dieting for Democracy!”.
The GOP whips out its caucus system to shrieks of laughter on the left!
“Look at his micro-caucus!”
Breaking: Colorado GOP announces it will follow in the footsteps of Donald Trump and host the Log Cabin Republican LGBT gala in November 2024 site to be determined.
I’m pretty sure that this ruling is only for the primary election, not the general. If that is the case it won’t matter because Trump will easily win the Republican nomination, even without Colorado. But regardless of whether it is for the general election or just the primary, it is all theater, designed mainly to distract people and increase Trump’s poll numbers.
Like the ultra- liberal DEM SOS cares, actors, acting. Scripted BS for simple minds.
Colorado Supreme Court Disqualifies Colorado From 2024 Election.
.
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There WAS NO “INSURRECTION” – PERIOD.
I don’t care if all the states delete the REP/DEM candidates, all of them. I’d call that progress.
10-4.
Innocent until proven guilty?
“Take the guns first”. Guilty until proven innocent?
Coloradupes
This is a divide them squirrel story.
It was put forth to test the waters of how quickly you will turn against the citizens of Colorado regarding something the average Coloradan has no control over.
Another fucking stupid voting matters article. Unbelievable.
I wonder if all these people who vote also still write to Santa Clause at the north pole every year.
Uh … no……it ended in 1865.
Tucker cracks me up. What democracy? Can’t believe republicOns still use the word. The “democracy” he refers went floating down Sheet River long , long ago.
So…Cucker is a fan of democracy. That figures.
There are some serious legal problems with basing their decision on the J6 committee. The committee had no legal authority, could not and did not charge or convict Trump of insurrection. Basically they rendered a partisan political opinion. The problems get even worse as when the Republicans retook the House they destroyed their own evidence, mostly depositions under oath. Why? Where those depositions exculpatory?
Also their main witness was proven a liar about Trump grabbing the steering wheel of the Presidential limo and about a message she sent that was proven another staffer sent it. The witness under threat of perjury has recanted her testimony.
It would seem this could be central theme in front of the Supreme court. It was an interesting legal maneuver to base it on J6 but again J6 had no legal authority and it is no more than opinion, which is unlikely to stand up before the Supreme court.
Sigh,was not a “civil war”,was a war of succession.
That war was also not about slavery,again…….sigh.
True Yankees and Southern folks have more in common then apart.
See you folks from the south soon,when done,lets have one hell of a party!
WTF?!
I guess I am a Nazi!
Welcome aboard!
Victimhood to the “left” of me, victimhood to the “right”.
The once great state of Colorado is not being called “California East” for trivial reasons. The d-rats now own the state, to the detriment of honest, productive citizens. The cancer in state government runs from top to bottom. Take a look at the previous head honcho of the state supreme court:
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/courts/nathan-coats-former-chief-justice-receives-unprecedented-public-censure/article_62d92edc-34c6-11ee-a73a-bbfc7c7f8e29.html
Censure, a new word for “slap on the wrist”. Compare to 25 years in jail. Guess what the d-rats get and what the ‘pubs get.
3 peas in a pod:
https://www.cpr.org/2020/12/06/first-gentleman-in-hospital-with-worsening-covid-19-symptoms/
Blame the ski resorts. Colorado’s democrat majority seems to be mostly wealthy Californians who own houses in CA and in CO and vote in both states.
Stirrring the pot so you can argue with and hate your family at Christmas dinner, they do it every year.
I’ve been reading your comments and I can see the discord setting in like a brick in the wall stuck with super glue.
In short: you guys are fucked. Painted blue, red and white!
your ads on this site are disgusting. makes the place real appealing for some i guess.
Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.
What ads? I don’t see any ads, but then I use Adblocker Plus. If you’re too cheap for that, you’re probably too cheap to donate to TBP as well.