Regarding the contentious matter of former President Donald Trump’s eligibility for the state ballot, the Colorado Supreme Court is scheduled to consider appeals. Last week, State Judge Sarah B. Wallace rendered a divided judgment, which was the impetus for this development. A procedural technicality allowed Judge Wallace to maintain Trump’s name on the ballot despite her determination that he had engaged in an insurrection on January 6. The current appeal is a result of the discontent aired by both Trump’s legal team and the plaintiffs who are contesting his eligibility.
“We look forward to presenting arguments on the one legal question at issue, which is whether or not an insurrectionist former president can and must be disqualified under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment,” said Sean Grimsley, the primary attorney for the group challenging Trump’s ballot eligibility. NBC News broke the news of this declaration. Alternatively, the court has designated December 6 for the oral arguments.
The referral to the highest court in the state was foreseen by legal analysts. “There have been findings that Trump incited an uprising, and this matter will not go away,” stated Attorney Andrew Lieb of Lieb at Law earlier this week regarding the inevitability of the Supreme Court’s involvement. A comparable effort to disqualify Trump from the ballot in Michigan and Minnesota was unsuccessful, preceding this appeal in Colorado.