Trump Threatens Bedlam :1A New Supreme Court to Maintain His Name On The Ballot.
Donald Trump threatened to create “chaos and bedlam” if the Supreme Court did not overturn Colorado’s highest court’s decision to disqualify him due to his actions on and before January 6, 2021.
On Thursday, the former president pleaded with the court to guarantee his name can appear on ballots across the country.
Based on a clause in the 14th Amendment that prevents people who have participated in insurrection from holding office, Trump’s legal team requested that the justices put a “swift and decisive end” to efforts in more than 30 states to remove him from the primary and general election ballots.
Trump Threatens Bedlam :1A New Supreme Court to Maintain His Name On The Ballot.
According to his attorney Jonathan Mitchell, the efforts to disqualify the front-runner Republican primary candidate in the 2024 election “promise to unleash chaos and bedlam if other state courts and state officials follow Colorado’s lead” and “threaten to disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans.”
The wording was similar to what Trump said the previous week following a hearing in a different case before an appeals court, where his attorneys argued that he shouldn’t be prosecuted for attempting to rig the 2020 election.
Speaking to reporters following the incident, Trump issued a warning that “it’ll be bedlam in the country” if the criminal charges against him are successful in harming his candidacy.
It’s a grave mistake. It sets a very poor example. It’s the opening of a Pandora’s box, as we stated.
Trump Threatens Bedlam :1A New Supreme Court to Maintain His Name On The Ballot.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit is currently considering whether Trump can be shielded from prosecution; this case is expected to reach the Supreme Court as well.
The high court set oral arguments on the Colorado ballot case for February 8; this accelerated schedule guarantees the justices will have a significant say in determining the outcome of this year’s presidential election.
The brief was filed on Thursday Colorado’s decision was the First time a court determined that Section 3 of the post-Civil War 14th Amendment could be used to prevent a presidential candidate from running for office.
Trump Threatens Bedlam :1A New Supreme Court to Maintain His Name On The Ballot.
This clause keeps insurrectionists from rising to power again if they previously swore an oath of office.
This week, a Maine judge said she would wait for the Supreme Court to rule on the matter in the Colorado case before deciding whether or not Trump’s name can appear on that state’s primary ballot.
With this week’s Iowa caucuses, where Trump won handily, primary voting is about to begin nationwide, and the justices’ decision is expected to settle the matter.
In New Hampshire, the first state primary is scheduled for Tuesday.
In his opening remarks, Trump restates the claims made by the outgoing president that the Jan the Capitol Six attack was not an uprising.
Trump Threatens Bedlam :1A New Supreme Court to Maintain His Name On The Ballot.
He claims that the president’s office is exempt from Section 3 and that state courts are not authorized to uphold the constitutional clause.
Finally, he asserts that Colorado’s laws preclude a state court from directing the chief electoral officer to strike a candidate from the presidential primary ballot.
Furthermore, even if President Trump were covered by Section 3, he did not “engage in” any actions that would be considered “insurrectionary.”
His attorney addressed the justices, saying, “The Court should reverse on these grounds and end these unconstitutional disqualification efforts once and for all.”
Trump Threatens Bedlam :1A New Supreme Court to Maintain His Name On The Ballot.
Ahead of the much-awaited debate regarding Trump’s eligibility to run for office, numerous advocacy organizations, scholars, politicians, and former government officials have started submitting briefs in favor of the outgoing president or the six Colorado voters who are contesting Trump’s legitimacy.
The counsel representing those voters has stated that the language in the Constitution prohibiting insurrectionists from holding public office is unambiguous, that it also applies to presidents, and that it can be enforced without a congressional act.
They asked the justices to expeditiously consider the case, arguing that the high court ought to sustain the Colorado ruling that the former president deliberately incited his followers to violence on January 6 in order to obstruct the election’s certification and worsened the attack while it was still in progress.
Trump Threatens Bedlam :1A New Supreme Court to Maintain His Name On The Ballot.
Nearly 180 congressional Republicans signed an amicus brief supporting Trump’s continued eligibility on the ballot, which was submitted on Thursday.
Among them was Minority Senator for Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has generally avoided the Republican presidential contest in 2024 and has claimed in the past that Trump was to blame for inciting the uprising in 2021.
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