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☆ Donald Trump did engage in 'insurrection' on January 6, Colorado judge rules, but can still run for president
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump engaged in insurrection but can still run for president, a Colorado court ruled Friday. But the clause doesn't disqualify people from the presidency, judge Sarah B. Wallace found. AdvertisementDonald Trump is still eligible to run for president even though he engaged in an insurrection by inciting the January 6 Capitol riots, a Colorado judge ruled Friday. Wallace found that Trump "engaged in an insurrection on January 6, 2021, through incitement" – but also ruled that the clause didn't apply to people running for President. Last week, Minnesota's Supreme Court ruled that Trump was still eligible to appear on primary ballots, turning away a lawsuit from Free Speech for People.

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DENVER (AP) — A Colorado judge on Wednesday will hear closing arguments on whether former President Donald Trump is barred from the ballot by a provision of the U.S. Last week, the Minnesota Supreme Court dodged the question of whether the provision applies to Trump, who is so far dominating the Republican presidential primary. It dismissed a lawsuit to toss him off that state's primary ballot by saying that political parties can allow whomever they want to qualify for primaries. Political Cartoons View All 1250 ImagesOn Tuesday, a Michigan judge dismissed another lawsuit seeking to bounce Trump from that state's primary ballot with a more sweeping ruling. They argued Trump “incited” the Jan. 6 attacks and presented dramatic testimony from police officers who defended the Capitol from the rioters.

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☆ Colorado Trial Will Consider Whether the 14th Amendment Disqualifies Trump
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Maggie Astor | More About Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Judge Wallace has laid out nine topics to be addressed at the trial, which is scheduled to last all week. These questions have been debated since the Jan. 6 attack, especially since Mr. Trump announced that he was running for president again, but there is little precedent to help answer them. The 14th Amendment was ratified shortly after the Civil War, and the disqualification clause was originally applied to people who had fought for the Confederacy. The courts have rarely had occasion to assess its modern application, and never in a case of this magnitude. But that view is far from universal among legal scholars, and several have told The New York Times over the past few months that the questions are complicated.

Persons: Wallace, “, Trump, William Baude, Michael Stokes Paulsen, J, Michael Luttig, Laurence H . Organizations: Confederacy, New York Times

☆ Voters sue to kick Trump off ballot in Colorado, citing 14th Amendment theory
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A group of Colorado voters filed a lawsuit Wednesday to kick Donald Trump off the state's ballot in 2024, citing a nascent legal theory that proposes the former president is constitutionally barred from running for office. The complaint hinges on the argument that then-President Trump engaged in an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, and is therefore disqualified from holding government office under the 14th Amendment. Trump has claimed that the growing attention to the theory, and legal actions stemming from it, are all part of a broader conspiracy against him. Law professor Jonathan Turley, who defended Trump during his first impeachment, called it "the ultimate Hail Mary pass" by Trump's critics. The legal interpretation being used to try to keep Trump from reclaiming power has rarely, if ever, been tested in the courts — a fact the plaintiffs in the Colorado suit acknowledge.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, disqualifies Trump, —, Jonathan Turley, Mary, Noah Bookbinder Organizations: United States Capitol, Constitution, Senate, Trump Locations: Colorado, U.S

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