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Colorado Supreme Court rules Donald Trump is ineligible for 2024 presidential ballot

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Published 00:34 20 Dec 2023 GMT

Colorado Supreme Court rules Donald Trump is ineligible for 2024 presidential ballot

The Court cited an insurrection clause in the US Constitution and has removed him from the ballot.

Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie

The Colorado Supreme Court has removed Donald Trump from the ballot for the 2024 presidential election.

The Court cited an insurrection clause in the US constitution for booting him off, in a 4-3 decision.

The ruling means Trump cannot be an eligible candidate in the US state due to section 3 of the 14th amendment.

This section states: "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.

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"But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."

This is reportedly the first time in US history that this specific clause has been cited to disqualify a presidential candidate.

However, the decision hasn't been set in stone just yet.

It was been placed on hold until an appeal can be held next month.

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A district court judge initially said Trump couldn't be barred from the ballot despite inciting the January 6 insurrection.

The judge's decision was based on uncertainty on whether the provision in the amendment was meant to 'cover the presidency', according to ABC.

Featured Image Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Topics: Donald Trump, Politics

Stewart Perrie
Stewart Perrie

Stewart Perrie is a Senior Journalist at LADbible. Stewart has covered the conflict in Syria for LADbible, interviewing a doctor on the front line, and has contributed to the hugely successful UOKM8 campaign. He is in charge of the LADbible Australia editorial content and social presence.

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