A renowned legal expert has examined the decision made by a state judge in Colorado regarding the challenge to take former President Donald Trump off the ballot for 2024. The 14th Amendment’s “insurrection” clause was cited by the judge in their ruling.
After reading the judge’s ruling, Fox News analyst Sol Wisenberg found only one “important” component: the judge showed moderation. Wisenberg also suggested that the Colorado case, which is pending before the state Supreme Court, might have an impact on the 2024 presidential election.
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Despite the fact that the former president participated in the uprising, District Judge Sarah B. Wallace maintains that the 14th Amendment does not expressly forbid him from having any official position in the government.
“Part of the Court’s decision is its reluctance to embrace an interpretation which would disqualify a presidential candidate without a clear, unmistakable indication that such is the intent of Section Three,” the judge wrote.
“After considering the arguments on both sides, the Court is persuaded that ‘officers of the United States’ did not include the President of the United States,” she said. “It appears to the Court that for whatever reason the drafters of Section Three did not intend to include a person who had only taken the Presidential Oath.”
In a recent episode of “The Ingraham Angle,” host Laura Ingraham and lawyer Wisenberg discussed Trump’s multiple legal disputes. Eventually, the focus of the conversation was Wallace’s important decision.
“And Sol, then in that Colorado case, the judge there … a separate case, obviously on 14th amendment grounds in Colorado. The judge there ruled that Trump — they made a factual finding saying that Trump is responsible for inciting an insurrection, but he can remain on the ballot,” Ingraham said.
“Well, the left went crazy with that all day long, saying that was, you know, fantastic because it sets a factual predicate in Colorado. Is that significant today?” she asked.
Although Wisenberg accepted the media’s point of view, he did not think it was particularly significant.
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“I don’t think it’s significant,” Wisenberg responded. “The significant thing in that opinion was that she held back. She realizes the historical record is very mixed on this, so she exercised judicial restraint — you can tell it killed her. But what some judge in Colorado thinks about insurrection, I don’t think is going to have any effect on any of the federal cases here.”
Notably, Trump’s legal team attempted to have Wallace removed from the case. It was their argument that she had donated to ‘anti-insurrection’ organizations prior to her appointment as a judge.
The team of the former president sends out a victorious email to supporters, commemorating yet another win.
“We applaud today’s ruling in Colorado, which is another nail in the coffin of the un-American ballot challenges. With this decision, Democrats’ 14th Amendment challenges have now been defeated in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota and New Hampshire,” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said.
“These cases exemplify the most shameless and overt political efforts to disrupt the upcoming presidential election by desperate Democrats who acknowledge that Crooked Joe Biden is a failed president headed towards certain defeat,” he said. “The American voter possesses a Constitutional privilege to select the candidate they prefer, and with President Donald J. Trump commanding a significant lead.”
“This right was correctly preserved in Colorado today and we urge the swift disposal of any and all remaining Democrat ballot challenges. Onward to total victory in 2024, we will Make America Great Again!” he said.
A Michigan state judge recently rendered a significant decision in a lawsuit aimed at preventing former President Donald Trump from running for office in 2024. The focal point of this lawsuit is a clause in the U.S. Constitution that was drafted during the Civil War.
“Court of Claims Judge James Redford rejected arguments that Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol meant the court had to declare him ineligible for the presidency. Redford wrote that, because Trump followed state law in qualifying for the primary ballot, he cannot remove the former president,” The Associated Press reported.
