Republicans appeal Trump Colorado ballot disqualification to US Supreme Court

The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after Colorado’s top court disqualified former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s Republican primary ballot, an attorney for the Republican group said.
The appeal comes after the Colorado Supreme Court on Dec. 19 disqualified Trump because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. The court barred Trump under a U.S. constitutional provision prohibiting anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” from holding public office.
The Colorado Republican Party is being represented by Jay Sekulow of the conservative litigation firm the American Center for Law & Justice.
Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican 2024 presidential nomination, is expected to file his own appeal. The state high court had put its decision on hold until Jan. 4, stating that Trump would remain on the ballot if he appealed.
The Colorado court’s ruling marked the first time in history that Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment had been used to deem a presidential candidate ineligible for the White House.