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Several surprising things about Trump's Colorado disqualification [1]

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Date: 2023-12-20  

We have all now learned of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that Trump is ineligible to be on the Republican Primary ballot in 2024 in that state because he participated in an insurrection against the United States in violation of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. We have also learned that the vote was 4-3.

There were a few interesting aspects of the dissenting opinions that haven’t gotten much attention.

First, none of the judges disagreed that Trump was guilty of insurrection. At least, none of the dissenters mentioned that in their dissents. In other words, the CO Supreme Court ruled 7-0 that Donald Trump is guilty of insurrection. Two of the dissenters simply believed that the disqualification should be decided at the federal level.

Second, while SC justices in CO are not party-affiliated, the 3 dissenters were all appointed by Democratic governors. So much for a partisan witch hunt.

Third, conservative retired judge Michael Luttig was a guest on MSNBC last night. Based on the unassailable arguments in the written opinion, he predicted that SCOTUS will uphold the CO decision.

We are living in interesting times.

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