"Colorado Supreme Court Disqualifies Trump from 2024 Ballot Based on 14th Amendment's 'Insurrectionist Ban'"

Colorado's Supreme Court has ruled that former President Donald Trump cannot appear on the state's presidential primary ballot next year, stating that he disqualified himself from a second term by attempting to overturn the 2020 election. The court's decision, which voted 4-3, is the first to embrace the theory that Trump's actions on January 6th constituted an insurrection. Trump is expected to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, putting the legal issues surrounding him back in the hands of the justices. Several other states have rejected similar legal claims, but Colorado is the first to explicitly rule against Trump. Progressive groups support the decision, while Republicans condemn it.