The Western Journal
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The Supreme Court should be able to quickly dispatch the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling barring former President Donald Trump from its 2024 ballot.
There is only one way to bar Trump from running again, and that’s an impeachment conviction, followed by a vote in the Senate to make him ineligible for public office.
On Wednesday, Trump’s attorneys filed a petition at the U.S. Supreme Court, calling on the justices to overrule Colorado’s decision.
The Colorado Supreme Court barred Trump from the ballot in a 4-3 ruling last month, citing the 14th Amendment.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment provides that anyone who has sworn an oath to the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof” is ineligible for office.
However, the provision specifically lists several offices one could not hold — senator, member of Congress, military position, state legislator or other civil offices — but it does not list the presidency.
The Colorado Supreme Court decided that the drafters of the amendment meant the presidency also.
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