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How Was Trump Taken off the Ballot? Everything You Need to Know

By Michael Schwarz December 20, 2023 at 1:36pm

On Tuesday, the Colorado Supreme Court handed down an opinion that — if allowed to stand — would prevent former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s 2024 Republican presidential primary ballot.

By a 4-3 margin, the Democrat-appointed justices ruled that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution disqualified Trump from holding office because the former president engaged in “insurrection.”

Attorney, constitutional law scholar and legal analyst Jonathan Turley wrote an opinion piece for The Messenger, describing the court’s opinion as “making history in the most chilling way possible.”

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2024 election, Capitol incursion, Civil War, Colorado, Constitution, Court, Democrats, Donald Trump, Republican primary, Supreme Court, U.S. News, Unconstitutional

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Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.