Attorneys for Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to strike down a Colorado ruling that concluded he should be excluded from the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot under a section of the 14th Amendment.
The former president’s attorneys, in a petition with the high court, criticized last month’s decision from the Colorado Supreme Court that found the Constitution’s Insurrection Clause disqualifies Trump from holding the presidency.
The clause aims to ban individuals who previously took an oath to support the Constitution from holding office if they have “engaged in insurrection.” The Colorado majority opinion pointed to Trump’s conduct in the lead up and during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol to conclude he had done so.
