The Colorado Republican Party is hoping to join the fight against a lawsuit that aims to keep former President Donald Trump off the state’s ballot next year.
a lawsuit that aims to keepThe state GOP has fundraised off the case and is seeking to intervene in the legal proceeding — which was just sent back to Denver District Court this week by a federal judge after Trump’s attempt to move it failed. The case itself grapples with whether Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, is eligible to appear on Colorado’s primary and general election ballots in 2024 under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The petitioners — six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters — cite the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and allege Trump “incited, exacerbated, and otherwise engaged” it. The Civil War-era amendment prohibits people from holding office if they have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the country.
The lawsuit, the first well-funded attempt to disqualify Trump from a state’s ballot, is being led by local attorneys and the liberal watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. In a recent filing, the Colorado GOP’s attorneys argued the party’s purpose in seeking to intervene on Trump’s side is “to protect the access of its members, statewide, to as many candidates as possible. Nominating and designating candidates is its core role — regardless of who any particular candidate might be.”
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