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Donald Trump was barred from appearing on Colorado’s presidential primary ballot next year, the state’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
The court determined the 77-year-old former president was ineligible for the White House, citing the US Constitution’s insurrection clause, which led to his removal from the ballot.
It’s the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14 Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate.
“A majority of the court holds that Trump is disqualified from holding the office of president under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment,” the court wrote in its 4-3 decision.
The ruling is stayed until Jan. 4, or until the US Supreme Court decides on the case.
Trump’s campaign said in a statement it has “full confidence” that the US Supreme Court would quickly side with the ex-president and “finally put an end to these un-American lawsuits.”
His camp also called the decision “completely flawed” and not surprising, noting Colorado’s court is made up of Democratic-appointed justices.
But the court’s majority wrote in their decision that they did not reach the conclusions lightly.
“We are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us,” the majority stated. “We are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law, without fear or favour, and without being swayed by public reaction to the decisions that the law mandates we reach.”
The determination was reached after an earlier ruling by a lower court judge rejected the lawsuit.
That judge found Trump incited an insurrection after refusing to accept the 2020 presidential election results, but he could not be disqualified because it was not clear if the provision was meant to cover the commander-in-chief.
Colorado’s lawsuit is one of dozens that have been filed across the country to keep Trump from appearing on the ballot again.
Section 3, which has been cited in the legal actions, was meant to prohibit ex-Confederates from getting back into government after the Civil War.
House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik slammed the four justices who ruled against Trump.
“This is unAmerican and Democrats are so afraid that President Trump will win on Nov 5th 2024 that they are illegally attempting to take him off the ballot,” the New York Trump ally said in a statement.
“Like the rest of the unprecedented, constant, and illegal election interference against President Trump, this will backfire and further strengthen President Trump’s winning campaign to Save America.”
Trump kept to his boilerplate campaign remarks and attacks against President Biden and has not yet mentioned the Colorado ballot ruling during a rally in Waterloo, Iowa, Tuesday night.
Trump lost the state’s general election by 13.5 points in 2020. Its Super Tuesday primary is on March 5.
科羅拉多州最高法院裁定川普被禁止參加 2024 年投票
科羅拉多州最高法院週二裁定，唐納德·川普被禁止參加明年的科羅拉多州總統初選。
法院援引美國憲法的叛亂條款，裁定這位 77 歲的前總統沒有入主白宮的資格，這導致他被從選票中除名。
這是歷史上第一次利用第14條修正案第3條來取消總統候選人的資格。
「法院大多數人認為，根據第十四修正案第 3 條，川普不具備擔任總統職務的資格，」法院在其 4-3 的裁決中寫道。
該裁決將被擱置至 1 月 4 日，即美國最高法院對此案作出裁決。
川普的競選團隊在聲明中表示，「完全有信心」美國最高法院將迅速站在這位前總統這邊，並「最終結束這些非美國訴訟」。
他的陣營還稱這一決定“完全有缺陷”，並不令人意外，並指出科羅拉多州法院由民主黨任命的法官組成。
但法院多數人在裁決中寫道，他們並不是輕易得出結論的。
「我們注意到現在擺在我們面前的問題的重要性和重要性，」大多數人表示。 “我們同樣牢記我們執行法律的莊嚴義務，沒有恐懼或偏袒，也不會受到公眾對法律要求我們做出的決定的反應的影響。”
這項決定是在下級法院法官早些時候做出駁回訴訟的裁決後做出的。
該法官認定川普在拒絕接受 2020 年總統選舉結果後煽動叛亂，但不能取消他的資格，因為尚不清楚該條款是否旨在涵蓋這位總司令。
科羅拉多州的訴訟是全國範圍內為阻止川普再次出現在選票上而提起的數十起訴訟之一。
法律訴訟中引用的第 3 條旨在禁止前南部邦聯成員在內戰後重返政府。
眾議院共和黨會議主席埃莉斯·斯特凡尼克猛烈抨擊了對川普做出不利裁決的四位法官。
這位川普的紐約盟友在聲明中表示：「這是不美國的，民主黨人非常擔心川普總統會在2024 年11 月5 日獲勝，因此他們非法地試圖將他從選票上剔除。”
“就像針對川普總統的其他前所未有的、持續的、非法的選舉幹預一樣，這將適得其反，並進一步加強川普總統拯救美國的獲勝運動。”
川普在周二晚上在愛荷華州滑鐵盧舉行的集會上繼續保留他的競選言論和對拜登總統的攻擊，並且尚未提及科羅拉多州的投票裁決。
川普在 2020 年該州大選中以 13.5 個百分點的優勢落敗。該州的超級星期二初選將於 3 月 5 日舉行。
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