Donald Trump Colorado Disqualification: Trump Attorneys Try To Delay Case by Telling Supreme Court To Stay Away

Donald Trump's lawyers have now employed his usual "delay delay delay" tactics by asking the US Supreme Court to stay out of the former president's disqualification case in Colorado after the state's Supreme Court found that he is not qualified to hold the office of president because he engaged in an insurrection, as prescribed by the 14^th Amendment.

This motion to ask the US Supreme Court not to intervene came after Special Counsel Jack Smith went directly to the highest court in the land to decide the question of whether or not Trump is immune from prosecution.

In an effort not to speed up the Trump disqualification case and delay it, Trump's lawyers have told the US Supreme Court that there was no reason for them to take up the matter now because a lower appeals court in Washington is already considering the same question. Arguments for that case are scheduled for January 9, according to the Associated Press.

"Importance does not automatically necessitate speed. If anything, the opposite is usually true. Novel, complex, sensitive, and historic issues - such as the existence of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts - call for more careful deliberation, not less," the lawyers wrote in their appeal to the US Supreme Court.

Trump and his attorneys have been trying to delay his various cases until after the 2024 presidential elections. The former president has been open about having his DOJ dismiss the cases filed against him should he win the presidency.

Donald Trump Only Disqualified from Ballot in Colorado, But Other States Might Apply Ruling as Well

The Colorado Supreme Court's ruling reversed a previous lower court ruling that found Trump did participate in an insurrection but did not disqualify him because of a technicality.

We conclude that because President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three, it would be a wrongful act under the Election Code for the Secretary to list President Trump as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot," the majority of the Colorado Supreme Court wrote in its decision to disqualify Trump. "Therefore, the Secretary may not list President Trump's name on the 2024 presidential primary ballot, nor may she count any write-in votes cast for him."

However, as CBS News pointed out, this decision only applies to Colorado. The decision is also stayed until January 5 when Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold is scheduled to certify the candidates for the state's March 5 primary.

Should the disqualification push through, the ruling can be used by other states as precedent in disqualifying Trump or other future candidates though.

Some of Donald Trump's GOP Rivals Are Rallying Behind Him

Despite losing to him badly in the polls, some of Donald Trump 's Republican rivals are rallying behind him after the Colorado Supreme Court ruling. While this may represent a good opportunity to attack the Republican frontrunner, many of the other presidential candidates may be afraid of some blowback from the former president's diehard supporters.

According to the Associated Press, this includes Ron DeSantis. The Florida governor, who is currently in distant second place after Trump, claimed that the ruling "was a plot to ensure Trump wins the nomination because Democrats view him as the weakest Republican candidate."

Meanwhile, Vivek Ramaswamy, pledged to withdraw his name from the Colorado GOP primary, according to the Associated Press, He also demanded his other rivals do the same. Others, including Nikki Haley and even Trump critic Chris Christie, also slammed the ruling.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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