US: Donald Trump requests SC to overturn Colorado court ruling removing him from 2024 ballot

Former US President Donald Trump has requested the US Supreme Court to overturn the Colorado state Supreme Court ruling that removed him from the states 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendments insurrectionist clause CNN reportedIn the filing Trumps attorneys wrote In our system of government of the people by the people and for the people Colorados ruling is not and cannot be correct CNN reportedThe Supreme Court is facing mounting pressure to decide whether Trump the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination can be disqualified from holding public office Meanwhile the high court is involved in other matters that could affect the federal criminal case against TrumpThe former US Presidents appeal comes nearly a week after the Colorado GOP which is also a party in the case filed a separate appeal and two weeks later the Colorado ruling came down The ruling has been put on hold while appeals play out and Colorados top election official has already made clear that Trumps name will be included on the states primary ballot when it is certified on January 5Trumps appeal comes nearly a week after the Colorado GOP which is also a party in the case filed a separate appeal and two weeks after the Colorado ruling came down The ruling has been put on hold while appeals play out and Colorados top election official has already made clear that Trumps name will be included on the states primary ballot when its certified on January 5 unless the US Supreme Court gives its ruling otherwiseTrumps legal team has stressed that the question of eligibility for the presidency should be determined by Congress and not the states and that the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that an insurrection occurred on January 6 2021 and that the former US President engaged in the insurrectionOn December 19 the Colorado Supreme Court in its decision said Trump is constitutionally ineligible to contest in 2024 as the 14th Amendments ban on insurrectionists holding office covers his conduct on January 6 2021In the 134page majority opinion the Colorado judges wrote President Trump incited and encouraged the use of violence and lawless action to disrupt the peaceful transfer of powerIn its petition to the justices Trump said that the speech called for peaceful protesting and included the full transcript of the speech in his filing Trumps lawyers in the appendix filed in the court also included the full text of his speech according to CNN reportHis attorneys wrote President Trump never told his supporters to enter the Capitol either in his speech at the Ellipse or in any of his statements or communications before or during the events at the Capitol To the contrary his only explicit instructions called for protesting peacefully and patriotically to support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement to stay peaceful and to remain peacefulTrump has presented this argument in state and federal courts which found that he incited violence when he told his supporters to walk down to the Capitol and fight like hell to take back our country the report saidEven though the ruling from Colorado is only applicable to that state however US apex courts decision could settle the matter for the entire nation Courts in several other states have also reviewed challenges to Trumps eligibility CNN reportedLast week Maines secretary of state removed Donald Trump from that states 2024 primary ballot Trumps legal team on Tuesday filed an appeal in the state court to overturn the decision on his removal from the 2024 primary ballotOregon Supreme Court could soon give its ruling on a bid to remove Trump from that states primary and general election ballots due to his role in the January 6 insurrectionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever