Petitioners claim Donald Trump made plans to 'cast doubt on and undermine confidence in our nation’s election infrastructure.'
A liberal group on Wednesday filed a lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot in Colorado, arguing he is ineligible to run for the White House again under a rarely used clause in the U.S. Constitution aimed at candidates who have supported an"insurrection."
Liberal groups have demanded that states’ top election officials bar Trump under the clause that prohibits those who"engaged in an insurrection or rebellion" against the Constitution from holding higher office. None has taken that step, looking for guidance from the courts on how to interpret a clause that has only been used a handful of times since the 1860s.
The 14th Amendment, ratified in 1868, helped ensure civil rights for freed slaves - and eventually for all people in the United States. But it also was used to prevent former Confederate officials from becoming members of Congress after the Civil War and taking over the government against which they had just rebelled.
But, others note there is much unsettled about the provision and that a case involving this issue has not reached the justices in Washington. "For a secretary of state to remove a candidate would only reinforce the grievances of those who see the system as rigged and corrupt," said Republican Brad Raffensperger, who drew Trump's ire when he refused to declare Trump as the winner of Georgia in 2020."Denying voters the opportunity to choose is fundamentally un-American."
The judge overseeing Greene's case ruled in her favor. Cawthorn’s case became moot after he was defeated in his primary.
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