Astonishing revelations are emerging as the hearings that might possibly remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot begin on Monday. More intriguing even, the Democratic governor of the state nominated the judge overseeing this significant legal case.
According to Colorado Newsline, Judge Sarah Wallace, who was chosen by Colorado Governor Jared Polis, was presiding over proceedings in a lively Denver courtroom.
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Trump and his Republican supporters are engaged in yet another court dispute as a result of their audacity in contesting the validity of the 2020 election. This lawsuit is one of several that target them in the legal system.
This is a strategy that Democratic leaders have regularly used in every election they have lost this century. Still, the media’s attention has been deftly diverted from their earlier acts due to the attention-grabbing nature of the Capitol raid.
Another group now claims that the GOP’s front-runner for president in 2024 shouldn’t be on the ticket due to a small, antiquated provision of the 14th Amendment that dates back to the Civil War and prohibits anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion”—that is, joined with the Confederates—from being able to hold federal office.
Colorado voters and a watchdog group claim that the controversial amendment is applicable to Trump.
“Donald Trump tried to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election,” reads the September 6th, filed court lawsuit.
“His efforts culminated on January 6, 2021, when he incited, exacerbated, and otherwise engaged in a violent insurrection at the United States Capitol by a mob who believed they were following his orders, and refused to protect the Capitol or call off the mob for nearly three hours as the attack unfolded,” it says.
While past attempts have not succeeded, this case has the potential to be different.
As reported by Colorado Newsline, “the Colorado case — the first to be filed by CREW, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., and the first to go to trial — represents the most substantial test for such efforts to date.”
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“CREW represented plaintiffs who cited the 14th Amendment in a successful suit to remove from office Couy Griffin, a county commissioner in Otero County, New Mexico, who had participated in the Jan. 6 attack,” the outlet said.
Don’t overlook the evident difference between the present front-runner of the Republican Party for president and a small politician implicated in the incursion.
“After the 2020 election cycle, President Trump made various statements and took various legal actions questioning the fairness or accuracy of the announced results,” In a September 29 move to dismiss, Trump’s legal representative stated.
“But he is hardly the first politician to do that — and Petitioners identify no facts that could convert this political controversy into an insurrection against the government.”
Opening arguments in the case were held on Monday.
In a possible presidential contest against Trump, President Joe Biden holds a commanding advantage in Colorado, a historically Democratic state that has occasionally supported unexpected results. As per the results of the most recent Emerson College survey, which was conducted from October 1 to 4, Biden is presently leading Trump by 4 points, with 42 percent of respondents supporting him.
Wallace, for her part, had declared she wouldn’t address any points raised by Trump’s attorneys challenging “whether President Trump engaged in an insurrection.”
“This is an issue that will be addressed at the hearing set to begin October 30, 2023,” she wrote.
The fact that this case could get to the Supreme Court is concerning given the person who made the appointment. There might be major repercussions if a Democratic-appointed judge strikes out the political opposition.
