The lawyers of former US President Donald Trump have warned of \u201cchaos and bedlam\u201d if states are allowed to bar him from the ballot for this year\u2019s presidential election. Last month, the Colorado Supreme Court said that Trump is constitutionally ineligible to run in 2024 because the 14th Amendment\u2019s ban on insurrectionists holding office covers his conduct on January 6, 2021, the day of the Capitol riots, reports CNN.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Court should reverse the Colorado decision because President Trump is not even subject to section 3, as the President is not an \u2018officer of the United States\u2019 under the Constitution. And even if President Trump were subject to section 3 he did not \u2018engage in\u2019 anything that qualifies as \u2018insurrection\u2019,\u201d Trump\u2019s attorneys said in a brief submitted to the US Supreme Court on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The efforts \u201cpromise to unleash chaos and bedlam if other state courts and state officials follow Colorado\u2019s lead and exclude the likely Republican presidential nominee from their ballots,\u201d the lawyers further argued. Earlier this month, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, accepting an appeal brought by Trump.<\/p>\n
The justices are separately involved in other matters that could impact the federal criminal case against the former President, CNN reported. The Colorado ruling has been on pause pending the US Supreme Court\u2019s resolution of the case, and the state\u2019s top election official has certified the 2024 presidential primary ballots with Trump\u2019s name on the Republican ballot.<\/p>\n
If the justices conclude Trump is ineligible for public office before Colorado\u2019s primary, then any votes cast for him would not be counted. Oral arguments in the Colorado case are scheduled for February 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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