Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn Colorado election ban

Former US President Donald Trump (Photo: Reuters).

Mr. Trump's team on January 3 filed a petition with the Supreme Court in an effort to reverse the Colorado Court's decision to remove him from the state's presidential candidate list in the 2024 US election.

Mr. Trump appealed the Colorado Supreme Court's December 2023 ruling, which marked the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was used to bar a presidential candidate from voting.

The Colorado court believes that Mr. Trump played a role in the riots at the US Capitol by his supporters on January 6, 2021. Therefore, the Colorado judiciary decided to activate the 14th Amendment to remove Mr. Trump from the list of candidates in the state's election.

Mr. Trump denied the accusations, emphasizing that he had nothing to do with the incident.

Mr. Trump is asking the Supreme Court justices to overturn the Colorado court’s ruling without hearing oral arguments. The constitutional provision has been used so little in U.S. history that the U.S. Supreme Court has never ruled on it.

The Trump team's move on January 3 came a day after he appealed to overturn Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' decision that Mr. Trump was ineligible to appear on the state's ballot.

The US Supreme Court is facing pressure because its ruling could affect Mr. Trump’s political career. Six of the nine justices on the US Supreme Court were appointed by the Republican Party and three were appointed by Mr. Trump himself when he was president.

The "seditious" clause is found in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. It states that anyone who has sworn an oath to defend the Constitution but then engages in "an insurrection against the Constitution" will be barred from holding office in Congress, the military, federal and state agencies.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-gioi/ong-trump-de-nghi-toa-an-toi-cao-lat-nguoc-vu-bi-chan-tranh-cu-o-colorado-20240104071357345.htm