Law professor Jonathan Turley criticized the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to disqualify Donald Trump from the state’s presidential ballot based on the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment.
Turley argued that the decision sets a dangerous precedent and lacks a limiting principle, potentially allowing for the removal of candidates for various reasons.
He highlighted the broad and sweeping interpretations used by the court and expressed concerns about the anti-democratic implications. (Trending: Prominent LGBTQ Activist Arrested Over Disturbing Charges)
The Colorado Supreme Court has issued an unsigned opinion disqualifying Trump from the ballot: "The sum of these parts is this: President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three; because he is disqualified."…https://t.co/Ilwl4e8Wli
— Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) December 19, 2023
“The Colorado Supreme Court has issued an unsigned opinion disqualifying Trump from the ballot: ‘The sum of these parts is this: President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three; because he is disqualified,’” Turley wrote.
“This ends a string of losses for advocates of this dangerous novel theory. They finally found a court that would embrace what the court admits is a case of ‘first impression.’ My first impression remains that same. The court is dead wrong in my view,” he added.
“It is striking that the court relies on Schenck v. U.S., where the Court upheld the denial of core free speech rights of a socialist opposing a war.”
“The opinion of the Colorado Supreme Court is so sweeping that it would allow for tit-for-tat removals of candidates from ballots.”
“The opinion is remarkable in how the four justices adopted the most sweeping interpretations to get over each barrier.”
“The result is lack of a limiting principle. I view the opinion as strikingly anti-democratic in what it now allows states to do in blue and red states alike,” Turley concluded.
The Colorado Republican Party threatened to cancel the state’s primary, and Trump responded by criticizing the legal actions against him.
“BIDEN SHOULD DROP ALL OF THESE FAKE POLITICAL INDICTMENTS AGAINST ME, BOTH CRIMINAL & CIVIL. EVERY CASE I AM FIGHTING IS THE WORK OF THE DOJ & WHITE HOUSE. NO SUCH THING HAS EVER HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTRY BEFORE. BANANA REPUBLIC??? ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!” Trump posted.
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