Wyantry Loc: SW Colorado

“In a stunning decision, the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 b****t, ruling that he isn’t an eligible p**********l candidate because of the 14th Amendment’s “i**********nist ban.”

The ruling will be placed on hold until January 4, pending Trump’s appeal to the US Supreme Court . . .”.

SOURCE: https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/colorado-trump-14th-amendment-12-19-23/index.html


Entire decision is available here:

SOURCE: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/politics/read-colorado-supreme-court-ruling-trump-2024-b****t-14th-amendment/index.html

FrumCA

No surprises here. Colorado is a firmly blue state.

jcboy3

All of the members of the Colorado Supreme Court were appointed by Democrat governors. But the decision was a narrow 4-3 decision.

It would be significant if the decision had a more substantial majority.

The dissent addresses an obvious issue with the process of the original finding, as it did not satisfy the timeline requirements of the e******n law. This may be the easy hook that SCOTUS will use to override the decision; the original decision did not follow the legal requirements laid out by the applicable e******n law. Easy peasy, no need to get into the questions raised by the application of 14th Amendment (how to prove i**********n or does it apply to the Presidency). Unless SCOTUS wants to get into the weeds on how to apply the 14th Amendment, a procedural v**e is the most likely result.

dlwhawaii Loc: Sunny Wailuku, Hawaii

And SCOTUS is a firmly red state.

FrumCA

Actually it's evenly divided; four conservatives and four liberals. That is hardly firmly red.
The Chief Justice can't seem to make up his mind if he's a conservative or liberal.

Triple G

CO ruling used Gorsuch's deliberations in their findings; he may be boxed in.

DennyT Loc: Central Missouri woods

He is a judge why do people pin labels so easily

DennyT Loc: Central Missouri woods

Where is there in 14 a trial requirement .The adjudication requirement is 2/3 of congress.
And e******n is in my opinion not applicable as the e******n was long over- along with all avenues of appeal

jcboy3

The e******n law I refer to is the Colorado statute that defines a process for disqualifying candidates.

The adjudication requirement in 14 pertains to overriding the disqualification.