Colorado voters insist to Supreme Court that Trump should be ineligible in 2024
Colorado voters who say Trump should be barred from office over the events leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot urged the Supreme Court to kick him off their state's Republican primary ballot.
WASHINGTON — Colorado voters who say former President Donald Trump should be barred from holding federal office because of his role in the events leading up to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol urged the Supreme Court on Friday to kick him off their state's Republican primary ballot.
Trump "intentionally organized and incited a violent mob to attack the United States Capitol in a desperate attempt to prevent the counting of electoral votes cast against him," lawyers for the voters said in a new brief.
"By spearheading this attack, Trump engaged in insurrection against the Constitution," the lawyers wrote.
The case addresses whether Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars those who have "engaged in insurrection" from holding federal office, applies to Trump.
The court is hearing oral arguments on Feb. 8.
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