Former Supreme Court Clerk Blasts Decision To Remove Trump From Colorado Ballot
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The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump can not be on the Colorado ballot in 2024.
It was a 4-3 verdict.
The Colorado Supreme Court has removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, determining that he is an ineligible presidential candidate because of the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.”
The verdict was 4–3.
The decision will remain on hold until January 4th when an appeal is considered. The nation hopes that the US Supreme Court will hear the case and reach a final decision by then, CNN reported.
The landmark decision will shake up the presidential race of 2024, even though it only applies to Colorado. Officials in Colorado’s election office have stated that a resolution is required by January 5, the statutory deadline for determining the Republican primary contenders.
A former Supreme Court Clerk for both Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia blasted the decision.
He said, “this is one of the most antidemocratic decisions we have seen in American history.”
Chris Landau, a former law clerk for Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and the late Antonin Scalia, declared the Colorado decision “lawfare” by the left trying every potential lever to prevent a second Trump presidency.
“I hope everybody’s irony meters are just going off-the-charts tonight because this is one of the most antidemocratic decisions we have seen in American history – that four unelected judges on a state Supreme Court have taken it upon themselves to disqualify someone who otherwise meets all the qualifications of the Constitution,” Landau told Fox News.
Landau said he is, however, confident that the Supreme Court will “take one look at” Colorado’s case and overturn it.
“It is terrifying to me as an American that this kind of lawfare is being waged, that courts are so presumptuous that they think it’s up to them to decide who can be on the ballot to let democracy work,” he said.
