Colorado Supreme Court rules that Trump is disqualified from the state's ballot over insurrection incitement

Colorado's Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling on Tuesday and said that former President Donald Trump was disqualified from appearing on the state's ballots over his alleged incitement of insurrection.

However, the court allowed time for the former president to file an appeal by staying the effect of its ruling until Jan. 4.

Objections to Trump's presidential campaign are based on a provision found in the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that says anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” after taking an oath of office may not "be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State."

Trump's attorneys have argued that he did not participate in inciting an insurrection and also that the provision does not apply to their client.

Stephen Cheung, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, released a statement criticizing the ruling.

"The Colorado Supreme Court issued a completely flawed decision tonight and we will swiftly file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court and a concurrent request for a stay of this deeply undemocratic decision," read the statement in part. "We have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and finally put an end to these unAmerican lawsuits."

In November, Colorado District Court Judge Sarah Wallace ruled against the effort to ban Trump from the ballot despite finding that he had indeed engaged in insurrection.

"The Court finds that Petitioners have established that Trump engaged in an insurrection on January 6, 2021 through incitement, and that the First Amendment does not protect Trump’s speech," said Wallace in the 102-page decision.

“The Court holds there is scant direct evidence regarding whether the Presidency is one of the positions subject to disqualification,” she added.

A similar lawsuit failed in Michigan, but litigants said they would appeal there as well.

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