The case marks the first time the justices are considering a constitutional provision that was adopted after the Civil War to prevent former officeholders who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office again.
Cepane Sarty, 38, of Marietta, and Seth Sarty, 45, of Rockmart, are charged with the felony offense of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers during the attack, which disrupted a joint session of Congress to count the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election.
Colorado's Supreme Court, which comprises seven Democrat-appointed justices, decided to remove former President Donald Trump from the state's ballots in December at a Democrat-aligned group's urging. The reason given: Section 3 of the 14th Amendment concerning insurrection supposedly covers the .