The Constitution bars Donald Trump from serving as president again. Our organization, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, has been confident of that fact since Jan. 6. And the brave plaintiffs on whose behalf we brought the Colorado lawsuit agree. But with Tuesday’s ruling, we now have strong legal precedent confirming that belief.
The Colorado Supreme Court just confirmed that Trump is disqualified from holding office under the 14th Amendment. Colorado’s highest court did not come to this decision on a whim.
Colorado’s highest court did not come to this decision on a whim.
This week’s conclusion followed a trial court proceeding that included days of testimony and mountains of evidence. Hundreds of years of federal and state law was analyzed. Thousands of pages of evidence and hours of video were sifted through. Both the plaintiffs and the former president were ably represented, and the relevant legal principles were briefed and argued in great detail.
America will hear, and in fact is already starting to hear, right-wing pundits and politicians argue this was a politically biased proceeding. In fact, as the public record proves without a doubt, this was a carefully considered and thoroughly supported constitutional decision.
It was, despite what critics are now claiming, also the right decision. Alan Dershowitz argued on Newsmax on Wednesday that this ruling is “anti-democratic.” Republican presidential candidates like Nikki Haley and Chris Christie are opining that the people should be allowed to vote for their chosen candidates, rather than have judges determine who is qualified.
But without a clear decision on this constitutional issue, millions of Americans could see their votes wasted on a candidate who is not constitutionally allowed to serve. More to the point, with the 2020 election, the people did, in fact, have the chance to decide whether they wanted Donald Trump to be president, and they chose not to elect him. He refused to…
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