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Colorado Supreme Court Bans Trump from the Ballot – HotAir

Ed already posted this in the headlines but given the significance of this move it probably deserves a little more space. NBC News is calling it a “bombshell” decision.

In a bombshell decision, Colorado’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that former President Donald Trump’s candidacy in the state’s primary next year is prohibited on constitutional grounds…

“A majority of the court holds that President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution,” the Colorado ruling said. “Because he is disqualified, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Colorado Secretary of State to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot.”…

Section 3 of the Civil War-era 14th Amendment says: “No person shall … hold any office, civil or military, under…

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