donald trump is vowing to fight the seismic ruling by colorado s supreme court that would remove him from the gop primary ballot there deeming him and eligible to run for president. trump posting on troop social after the ruling, a sad day in america. the colorado supreme court said if trump appeals to the us supreme court by jan fourth, which his teams says that they well, the decision to kick him off the ballot will be paused until the nation s highest court decides if it will take up the case. remember january fourth is one day before state law requires the colorado secretary of state to certify the list of candidates for the march 5th presidential primary there. so if the justices take this up, they have a complex argument to review. the colorado supreme court found here, 4-3, that trump engaged in an insurrection and that he incited violence on january 6th 2021, when he was still in office. they actually affirmed a lower court s ruling that trump s january 6th speech wa
collins starts right now. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we do begin with breaking news. a blockbuster from the colorado supreme court, ruling that donald trump is disqualified from running for president in that state in 2024. officially booting him from the ballot. tonight, the country is in uncharted waters. from the ruling, i m quoting, president trump is disqualified from holding the office of president under section 3 of the 14th amendment. it would be a wrongful act to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot. this ruling just out tonight goes tonon to say, president tr didn t merely insight the resurrection, he continued to support it by demanding the vice president, mike pence, refuse to perform his constitutional duty and by calling senators to persuade them to stop the counting of electioral votes. these actions constituted overt, voluntary and direct participation in that insurrection. of course, as you look at this tonight, it s import
the 14th amendment of the constitution says insurrectionists cannot hold, quote, any office, civil or military, under the united states. and tonight, in a ruling as stunning as it is unprecedented, colorado supreme court said that donald j. trump, 45th president of the united states, is an su insurrectionist and therefore should be disqualified from being president. i m pamela brown in for anderson. we begin with not just the ruling, which is historic, but what happens when it almost certainly reaches the u.s. supreme court, which could be seismic. starting us off tonight, paula reid. tell us more about this really surprising ruling. surprising, remarkable, pamela. and the judges here, they acknowledge that at the top of their opinion. they talk about the weight and the magnitude of the issue that they re deciding here. i mean this is the biggest court decision to impact a national election since bush v. gore. even though this only impacts colorado, the implications could b
ballot in colorado. the state supreme court there ruling donald trump violated the 14th amendment by engaging in insurrection, disqualifying himself. you re watching fox and friends first, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. the decision will go to the supreme court as soon as possible. similar lawsuits are pending in a dozen states. griff jenkins is live in washington, d.c. with all the details this morning. griff: good morning, todd and carley. it is a stunning decision, a 4-3 decision, it is first time section three of the 14th amendment has been used to keep a presidential candidate off the presidential primary ballot. colorado supreme court finding trump engaged in insurrection on january 6 and is barred from holding office again. the court writes, we are questioning before us, we are mindful of our duty to apply the law without fear or favor and without being swayed by public reaction. the decision marks reversal from district judge s ruling last month that
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