US: Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from ballot

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The court announced its spectacular decision on Tuesday evening (local time), which will likely be challenged by Trump. It is safe to assume that the question will ultimately have to be clarified by the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court. The background is that several plaintiffs in various American states are trying to remove Trump’s name from the ballots for the 2024 presidential elections. The 77-year-old wants to move back to the White House for the Republicans. His opponents are calling for a constitutional amendment that would ban people from elections who incited an “uprising” against the constitution.

Trump supporters stormed the Houses of Parliament in Washington on January 6, 2021. Congress met there to formally confirm Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election. Trump had previously incited his supporters during a speech. Five people were killed as a result of the riots. The Colorado court has now ruled that Trump’s name cannot appear on the ballot for the state’s primaries and that he cannot be president. However, the court put its decision on hold until shortly before the ballots were printed in early January or until possible clarification by the Supreme Court.

In states such as Michigan and Minnesota, the prosecutors against Trump had already failed – the Republican was also able to initially achieve a victory in a lower court in Colorado. However, the judge wrote at the time: “The court concludes that Trump acted with the specific intent to incite political violence against the Capitol in order to disrupt the certification of the election results.” However, the judge concluded that the clause in the Constitution explicitly does not refer to the presidency – and Trump can therefore remain on the ballot for the Republican primaries in Colorado. The Supreme Court there now saw things differently.

(SDA)

Source:Blick