Colorado Supreme Court Disqualifies Trump From 2024 Ballot, MAGA X Cries Foul

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The
Colorado
Supreme
Court
ruled
that


Donald
Trump
is
disqualified
from
the
Republican
ballot
for
2024
due
to
engaging
in
insurrection,
prompting
many
online
responses.
In
a
striking

decision,
Donald
Trump
was
disqualified
from
holding
political
office
again
by
the
top
court
of
Colorado
on
Tuesday
(December
19)
due
to
his
engaging
in
actions
that
led
to
the
insurrection
at
the
U.S.
Capitol
on

January
6,
2021.
The
decision
means
that
the
former
president
is
ineligible
to
appear
on
the
state’s
ballot
for
the
upcoming
2024
Republican
primary
elections
for
president.
It
also
rules
that
voters
cannot
write
Trump’s
name
in
on
that
ballot.

“We
do
not
reach
these
conclusions
lightly,”
the
four-justice
majority
wrote
in
the
decision.
“We
are
mindful
of
the
magnitude
and
weight
of
the
questions
now
before
us.
We
are
likewise
mindful
of
our
solemn
duty
to
apply
the
law,
without
fear
or
favor,
and
without
being
swayed
by
public
reaction
to
the
decisions
that
the
law
mandates
we
reach.”
The
majority
decision
cited
Section
3
of
the
14th
Amendment
which
disqualifies
anyone
engaging
in
insurrection
against
the
Constitution.
The
three
remaining
justices
dissented.

The
monumental
decision
does
not
apply
to
the
presidential
ballot,
but
it
has
major
ramifications
for
Trump’s
current
campaign.
Representatives
for
Trump
said
that
they
would
immediately
appeal
the
decision
to
the
Supreme
Court,
setting
the
stage
for
a
decision
that
could
not
only
impact
the
upcoming
presidential
election
but
other
cases
set
before
them
such
as
whether
he
is
immune
from
criminal
prosecution
for
actions
he
committed
while
in
office
including
his
alleged
involvement
in
the
January
6
insurrection.
The
Colorado
Supreme
Court
did
state
that
they
would
uphold
the
decision
until
January
4
next
year
for
the

The
reactions
to
the
ruling
online
ranged
from
observers
and
experts
applauding
the
decision
to
those
showing
skepticism
over
the
conservative-dominated
Supreme
Court’s
majority
(with
three
justices
nominated
by
Trump
during
his
term)
upholding
the
Colorado
court’s
ruling.
One
Republican
candidate,
Vivek
Ramaswamy,
issued
a
video
stating
that
he
would
withdraw
his
name
from
the
state’s
GOP
primary
ballot
in
protest
and
demanded
that

Nikki
Haley
and
Ron
DeSantis
do
the
same
in
a
post
on
X,
formerly
Twitter.

We’ve
collected
some
of
the
responses
from
social
media
below.