Please the court. The Colorado Supreme Court held that president donald j. Trumps constitutionally disqualified from servi apresident under Section Three of the 1h amendment. The Colorado Supreme Courts decision iwrong and should be reversed for numerous independent reasons. First reason is that President Trump is not coveredy Section Three because the president is not an oic of the United States as that term is used throughouthe constitution. Officer of the United States refers only to appointed officials and it does not encompass elected individual such as the presiden or members of congress. This is clear from the commissions clause, the impeachmenclse and the appointments clause each of which uses officers of the unit states to refer only to appointed and unelected officials. The second reason is that Section Three cannot be used to exclude a presidenalandidate from the ballot even if that candidate is disqualified from servin as president under section rebecause congress can lift
Please the court. The Colorado Supreme Court held that president donald j. Trumps constitutionally disqualified from servi apresident under Section Three of the 1h amendment. The Colorado Supreme Courts decision iwrong and should be reversed for numerous independent reasons. First reason is that President Trump is not coveredy Section Three because the president is not an oic of the United States as that term is used throughouthe constitution. Officer of the United States refers only to appointed officials and it does not encompass elected individual such as the presiden or members of congress. This is clear from the commissions clause, the impeachmenclse and the appointments clause each of which uses officers of the unit states to refer only to appointed and unelected officials. The second reason is that Section Three cannot be used to exclude a presidenalandidate from the ballot even if that candidate is disqualified from servin as president under section rebecause congress can lift
Please the court. The Colorado Supreme Court held that president donald j. Trumps constitutionally disqualified from servi apresident under Section Three of the 1h amendment. The Colorado Supreme Courts decision iwrong and should be reversed for numerous independent reasons. First reason is that President Trump is not coveredy Section Three because the president is not an oic of the United States as that term is used throughouthe constitution. Officer of the United States refers only to appointed officials and it does not encompass elected individual such as the presiden or members of congress. This is clear from the commissions clause, the impeachmenclse and the appointments clause each of which uses officers of the unit states to refer only to appointed and unelected officials. The second reason is that Section Three cannot be used to exclude a presidenalandidate from the ballot even if that candidate is disqualified from servin as president under section rebecause congress can lift
Please the court. The Colorado Supreme Court held that president donald j. Trumps constitutionally disqualified from servi apresident under Section Three of the 1h amendment. The Colorado Supreme Courts decision iwrong and should be reversed for numerous independent reasons. First reason is that President Trump is not coveredy Section Three because the president is not an oic of the United States as that term is used throughouthe constitution. Officer of the United States refers only to appointed officials and it does not encompass elected individual such as the presiden or members of congress. This is clear from the commissions clause, the impeachmenclse and the appointments clause each of which uses officers of the unit states to refer only to appointed and unelected officials. The second reason is that Section Three cannot be used to exclude a presidenalandidate from the ballot even if that candidate is disqualified from servin as president under section rebecause congress can lift
this is a historic moment for the united states supreme court and for american democracy. the justices about to consider whether donald trump is constitutionally barred from being president again. we ll hear the unprecedented arguments and the court s responses live. welcome to cnn s special live coverage of the trump ballot battle at the u.s. supreme court. i m kaitlan collins live outside the supreme court. and i m jake tapper. the nation s highest court will review this landmark case. the division by colorado s supreme court to disqualify former president trump from the 2024 ballot based on what some call the insurrectionist ban 12349th amendment to the u.s. constitution. today the nine justices, three of them nominated by trump, are poised to have the most direct impact on a presidential election since the supreme court decided bush v. gore nearly a quarter sentry ago. now among the questions before the highest court in the land today, did trump incite an insurrecti