The Colorado Supreme court has ruled an insurrectionist by the name of Donald tRump is ineligible to appear on the primary ballot in that state due to Section 3 of the 14th amendment. This clause forbids anyone who attempts the overthrow of a legitimately elected US government from running for any office in the nation, including president.
Until now, most pundits have pooh poohed the idea of using a little known section of the Constitution originally meant to prevent anyone who supported treason in defense of slavery from holding any office in the US after the Civil War to prevent tRump from running. Their argument was he has not been convicted of a crime. As the lawyers who represented the plaintiffs in the case argued, conviction is irrelevant. The vast majority of confederate soldiers were never tried, but their support of insurrection disqualified them. They showed abundant evidence tRump planned, led and exhorted his followers to interfere with the orderly transfer of power to the winner of a legitimate election.
It will be interesting if courts in other swing states agree with Colorado.
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