DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge has rejected an attempt by former President Donald Trump to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to keep him off the state ballot, ruling that his objections on free-speech grounds did not apply.
Trump’s attorneys argued that a Colorado law protecting people from being sued over exercising their free speech rights shielded him from the lawsuit, but Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace said that law doesn’t apply in this case.
They also assert that the 14th Amendment requires an act of Congress to be enforced and that it doesn't apply to Trump, anyway.
“The framers of the 14th Amendment never intended for it to apply to the President,” he wrote.
The trial to determine Trump's eligibility for the Colorado ballot is scheduled to start Oct. 30.
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