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Colorado Official's Response to Trump's Unanimous Supreme Court Win Goes Viral

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Editor’s Note: Our readers responded strongly to this story when it originally ran; we’re reposting it here in case you missed it.

Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold was dragged online the morning of March 4 over her response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that her state could not exclude former President Donald Trump from the ballot.

The high court unanimously overturned a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that Trump was ineligible for high office because of his actions leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion.

The state court cited the “insurrection clause” in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to justify kicking the Republican front-runner off the ballot for the state’s primary on March 5  and also in November if he wins the Republican nomination.

Trump has not been convicted or even charged with insurrection.

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Griswold, who had supported the ability of state officials to interfere in national elections, shared her disdain with the Supreme Court’s decision on social media.

“I am disappointed in the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision stripping states of the authority to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment for federal candidates,” the Democrat wrote on X. “Colorado should be able to bar oath-breaking insurrections from our ballot.”

Griswold’s post immediately became a source of mockery and ridicule:

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Griswold made similar remarks in an appearance on MSNBC.

“I do believe that states should be able, under our Constitution, to bar oathbreaking insurrectionists. … Ultimately, it will be up to the American voters to save democracy in November,” she said.

While the court unanimously shot down Colorado’s attempt to block ballot access for Trump supporters, a five-justice majority also ruled on March 4 that states such as Colorado cannot remove any federal candidate from a ballot unless Congress passes legislation permitting them to do so, CNN reported.

Did the Supreme Court get this one right?

“We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office. But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency,” the majority said.

Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh concluded, “Nothing in the Constitution delegates to the States any power to enforce Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates.”


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Johnathan Jones has worked as a reporter, an editor, and producer in radio, television and digital media.
Johnathan "Kipp" Jones has worked as an editor and producer in radio and television. He is a proud husband and father.




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