On Jan. 3, former President Donald Trump appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court a ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court that found him ineligible to appear on the state’s primary ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment because he engaged in and incited an “insurrection” on Jan. 6, 2021.
“In our system of ‘government of the people, by the people, [and] for the people,’ Colorado’s ruling is not and cannot be correct,” the petition reads. “This Court should grant certiorari to consider this question of paramount importance, summarily reverse the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling, and return the right to vote for their candidate of choice to the voters.”
