Headline Roundup December 20, 2023

Was Colorado's Supreme Court Right to Remove Trump From 2024 Ballot?

Donald Trump,2024 Presidential Election,14th Amendment,Elections

Summary from the AllSides News Team

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to run for president in 2024. Was the decision correct, and will the U.S. Supreme Court agree?

The Debate: Many across the spectrum disagree about Trump's level of participation in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, which leads to different interpretations of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and how it may or may not disqualify him from office.

"Absolutely Right": A writer for CNN Opinion (Left bias) said Colorado's court "decided that the US Constitution still matters," and that Trump was rightfully disqualified because Section 3 is "designed to prohibit people who’ve taken an oath to uphold the Constitution and then participated in an insurrection against the United States from holding elected or appointed office."

The "Wrong" Decision: Writer Charles C.W. Cooke (Right bias) said he opposes "what Colorado’s supreme court did because, while I’d very much like to see Donald Trump go away... it got the law wrong." He cited an analysis from National Review (Right bias) arguing Trump didn't participate in the Capitol riot "and mostly remained inactive in sullen silence as it proceeded."

"The Rule is Clear": In an interview with CNN (Lean Left bias), former White House lawyer Ty Cobb said he believes "could be 9-0 in the Supreme Court for Trump," and that the ruling "vindicates" Trump’s "insistence that this is a political conspiracy to interfere with the election."

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The Problem with the Colorado Supreme Court’s Decision Is That It’s Wrong

Charles C. W. Cooke

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The Problem with the Colorado Supreme Court’s Decision Is That It’s Wrong

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Opinion

Since the Colorado supreme court issued its bombshell ruling last night — a ruling that, if upheld by the Supreme Court, would keep Donald Trump off the ballot in Colorado in both the primary and the general election — I’ve seen a lot of people argue that the core problem with the judgment is that it is “undemocratic.” This, no doubt, is an attractive argument to make politically. But it is an incorrect argument — or, at least, it’s an incomplete argument constitutionally. The problem with the Colorado supreme court’s decision is...

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Why the Colorado decision disqualifying Trump was absolutely right

CNN (Opinion)

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Opinion

The Colorado Supreme Court just decided that the US Constitution still matters.

After all, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is right there in the document — designed to prohibit people who’ve taken an oath to uphold the Constitution and then participated in an insurrection against the United States from holding elected or appointed office. On Tuesday night, the court found that former President Donald Trump should be removed from the state’s ballot because he did just that.

Since the debris was cleaned up after the January 6, 2021, attack...

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Ex-White House lawyer says Supreme Court could rule ‘9-0’ in possible Trump 14th Amendment case

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Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb on Tuesday predicted the U.S. Supreme Court could rule “9-0” in favor of former President Trump in a potential appeal of Colorado Supreme Court’s new ruling that would kick Trump off the state’s ballot.

“I think this case will be handled quickly, I think it could be 9-0 in the Supreme Court for Trump,” Cobb said in an interview on CNN, adding later, “I do believe it could be 9-0 because I think the law is clear.”

The Colorado Supreme Court issued a ruling on Tuesday that Trump...

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