Trump Barred From Colorado Ballot in Unprecedented Ruling (1)

December 20, 2023, 1:22 PM UTC

Donald Trump is ineligible to serve as US president because of his actions inciting the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, Colorado’s highest court found, in an unprecedented ruling that’s headed for the US Supreme Court.

Colorado’s Supreme Court issued the ruling Tuesday, barring Trump from the state’s March 5 primary ballot, but stayed the decision to allow the former president to appeal, which his campaign said he plans to do. He has until Jan. 4, under the state court’s ruling.

The ruling was the first to say that Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results render ...

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