The Colorado Supreme Court took the unprecedented step of ordering Donald Trump removed from the 2024 presidential ballot on Tuesday, finding him constitutionally ineligible to hold future office.
The Dec. 19, unsigned opinion was the first by any state supreme court to address head-on the substantive arguments of Trump’s — or any presidential candidate’s — eligibility, given the allegations that Trump engaged in an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021.
“We do not reach these conclusions lightly. We are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us. We are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law, without fear or favor, and without being swayed by public reaction to the decisions that the law mandates we reach,” the opinion from the four-justice majority read.
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