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No sooner had the Colorado GOP filed a petition with the United States Supreme Court, then Jena Griswold caved.
Donald Trump is back on the presidential ballot in Colorado after an appeal put a stay on the ruling that removed him under an ‘insurrection’ clause of the U.S. Constitution.
The Colorado Republican Party filed on Wednesday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to look at the lower court’s ruling that disqualified Trump from running on the presidential ballot in the state due to his role in the January 6 Capitol riot.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswol announced that Trump will for the time being remain on the ballot, which goes to print on January 5 – unless the Supreme Court affirms the lower court’s ruling or otherwise declines to take on the appeal.
Not long after the original ruling was announced, CO Secretary of State Jena Griswold started running victory laps. She’s been on nearly every major network opining about how fabulous this is because it proves that President Trump was guilty of insurrection.
Just yesterday, the Michigan Supreme Court said…NOPE, not having it. Trump stays on the ballot.
Then the Colorado GOP filed their petition earlier today. It says, in part:
“Congress alone can enforce Section Three. Indeed, the whole point of the Fourteenth Amendment was to reign in rebellious states. To read Section Three as giving states veto power over presidential candidates would be to turn that amendment upside down,” the petition said.
~Snip
“As a natural and inevitable result, the state has interfered with the Party’s ability to place on the general election ballot the candidate of its choice. And it has done so based on a subjective claim of insurrection the state lacks any constitutional authority to make,” the petition said.
You can read the full petition here.
Within hours, suddenly Jena Griswold says, WELLLLL, Trump can stay on the ballot for now.
BREAKING: Donald Trump is back on the Colorado ballot after the Colorado Republican Party filed an appeal.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 28, 2023
Good.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold is clearly upset about the development as she is calling on the Supreme Court to affirm the original ruling.
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Yes, she’s not happy about this.
The Colorado Republican Party has appealed the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision in Anderson v. Griswold to the U.S. Supreme Court. With the appeal filed, Donald Trump will be included as a candidate on Colorado’s 2024 Presidential Primary Ballot when certification occurs on January 5, 2024, unless the U.S. Supreme Court declines to take the case or otherwise affirms the Colorado Supreme Court ruling.
Secretary of State Griswold has commented: “Donald Trump engaged in insurrection and was disqualified under the Constitution from the Colorado Ballot. The Colorado Supreme Court got it right. This decision is now being appealed. I urge the U.S. Supreme Court to act quickly given the upcoming presidential primary election.”
I honestly think she was hoping an appeal wouldn’t be filed, or it would be filed and not meet the January 4th deadline.
Keep in mind, the 14th Amendment explicitly states that it is the role of CONGRESS and ONLY Congress to enforce the 14th Amendment. Not the Colorado State Supreme Court.
I am on the side of We. The. People. on this issue. No matter how anyone wants to describe the events of that day, Congress did not charge Trump with insurrection. He has not been found guilty on any level regarding the events of January 6. Jena Griswold can THINK he’s guilty, she can PERSONALLY believe he is guilty, but feelings and thoughts aren’t law.
It is worth it to read this from a Republican who voted to impeach Trump:
In a time when elite schools appear uniquely removed from reality, amid a political moment defined by elite failure, the irony is profound. Trump campaigns on “saving America” from elites seeking to thwart the will of the people. Those elites, in turn, respond by confirming Trump’s worst allegations.
Third, the consequences:
What is extraordinary today will be precedent tomorrow; past exceptions become today’s rule. Bending the law and loosening interpretations to force Trump’s accountability for January 6 into the legal realm will be far more damaging in the long term than whatever Trump’s opponents think they might prevent.
Read it all. And then please, read that again.
Will the Colorado GOP prevail in front of SCOTUS on this? I truly hope so. Not because I want to vote for Trump. No, it is because I am one of We. The. People. and I do NOT want the courts to grotesquely twist the law to support their thoughts and feelings.
We were given the privilege of having a voice at the ballot box. We were granted the FREEDOM to decide who we want to vote for. As I’ve stated to others, the decision by the CO Supreme Court should be a red flag to all Americans whether you like Trump or not.
Trump is BACK on the ballot in Colorado.
— Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) December 28, 2023
The insane liberal Secretary of State, Jena Grisworld, has declared.
She probably realized how much fundraising would be going on for the GOP with this ruling and wanted to stop it.
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Yes, I’m not doing any celebrating right now. I too am wondering what Griswold is up to. But, for now, President Trump remains on the ballot and we are in a waiting game regarding what SCOTUS will or won’t do.
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BJ says: Hmmm…and now Maine has declared Trump off the ballot for insurrection.
Liz says: This state is so blue it doesn’t really matter for the outcome (except as a very bad precedent…for that reason I am glad they recanted this monumentally stupid decision).
SFC D says: So… this was essentially a publicity stunt, political grandstanding. You want publicity, you got it. Be careful what you ask for.
GWB says: then Jena Griswold caved.
No, she didn’t. This is a calculated move to take it off the Supreme Court’s plate (the appeal is now moot) so there’s no definitive decision saying “You can’t do that.”
ruling that disqualified Trump from running on the presidential ballot in the state due to his asserted role in the January 6 Capitol riot
FIFY, Daily Mail.
it proves that President Trump was guilty of insurrection
Well, no, it doesn’t. The Colorado SC asserted he was guilty, without an actual trial or other finding of fact.
Donald Trump engaged in insurrection and was disqualified under the Constitution from the Colorado Ballot.
See, I would file defamation suits over that. AND First and 14th Amendment suits.
And all of this is exactly where the emphasis should have been related to the 2020 election malarkey. While there certainly were bogus ballots and such, the emphasis should have been on the bureaucratic shenanigans that even allowed some of that cheating to go on. Because that stuff was provable and in clear defiance of the law in most states. Show that the states, themselves, interfered with the election.
jbspry says: Amen.
jbspry says: It’s not her fucking call to make.
The only reason she relented is in the hope that it will not go to the SCOTUS for a decision that will neutralize such actions in the other 49 states.
Rats never give up; they just scurry down a different tunnel.
(BTW she is a particularly slimy and mentally ill looking person, is she not?)
FJB
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