The Hill reports that Trump's legal team has challenged the ruling, which they argue is based on a questionable interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
In December, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump, the former president, had violated a provision in the 14th Amendment that bars individuals who have engaged in "insurrection" from holding federal office. The decision was made in light of Trump's alleged involvement in the events at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, following his "Stop the Steal" rally.
In a brief submitted on Thursday, Trump's lawyers urged the Supreme Court Justices to decisively end the ballot-disqualification efforts. They argued that these efforts could potentially disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans and create chaos if other states followed Colorado's example by excluding the likely Republican presidential nominee from their ballots. The Fourteenth Amendment stipulates that anyone who has taken an oath to support the Constitution and then engaged in insurrection is ineligible to hold any office under the United States.
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To date, no court has found Trump guilty of participating in an insurrection. In the brief, Trump maintained that there were several key issues that should lead to the rejection of the ballot challenges. He asserted that he had done nothing that could be remotely classified as participating in an insurrection.
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The brief stated, "The fact remains President Trump did not commit or participate in the unlawful acts that occurred at the Capitol, and this Court cannot tolerate a regime that allows a candidate’s eligibility for office to hinge on a trial court’s assessment of dubious expert-witness testimony or claims that President Trump has powers of telepathy."
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The decision of the Colorado Supreme Court, which is composed entirely of Democrat judges, to remove President Biden's main political adversary has been widely criticized.
On Thursday, 177 Republican members of Congress expressed their support for Trump by signing an amicus brief ahead of the Colorado case. They argued that the Colorado Supreme Court's interpretation of the Fourteenth Amendment, which led to Trump's removal from the state's ballot, was overly broad and infringed on congressional authority.
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