The group of six Colorado voters who sued to keep Donald Trump off the state’s Republican presidential primary ballot have asked the United States Supreme Court to “expedite consideration” of the Colorado Republican Party’s petition for a writ of certiorari in the case, and to expedite the briefing and hearing schedule if that petition is granted.
As we reported, the Colorado Republican Party, which was an intervenor in the case in the state courts, filed its petition with the Supreme Court on December 27. That petition was accompanied by a motion asking SCOTUS to expedite consideration of the motion and also to expedite the timing of briefing/arguments if the motion is granted. That action/appeal by the Colorado GOP meant that the stay issued by the Colorado Supreme Court in the case would extend past January 4 and until such time as SCOTUS either declines to hear the case or all…
