Earlier this week former president Trump’s lawyers appealed to the Supreme Court to get him back on the ballot in Colorado. Here’s a bit of what they said in their filing:
It is a “‘fundamental principle of our representative democracy,’ embodied in the Constitution, that ‘the people should choose whom they please to govern them.’ ” U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779, 783 (1995) (quoting Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486, 547 (1969)). Petitioner President Donald J. Trump (“President Trump”) is the leading candidate for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.1 Over 74 million Americans voted for President Trump in the 2020 general election, including more than 1.3 million voters in the State of Colorado.2 Yet, on December 19, 2023, the Colorado Supreme Court ordered President Trump removed from the presidential primary…
