Colorado ballot

== What happened in Colorado? ==
On 19 December, the Colorado Supreme Court said it found "clear and convincing evidence that President Trump engaged in insurrection". 
It was the first time Section 3 had been used to disqualify a presidential candidate.
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The lengthy 213-page ruling said Mr Trump's actions in the build-up to 6 January 2021 did constitute insurrection. 
His lawyers had argued in Colorado that he should not be disqualified because he did not bear responsibility for the riot.
They also noted that Mr Trump has not been charged with inciting insurrection.
== … and the US Supreme Court ==
The US Supreme Court said Friday - 5 jan 2024 - it will review the Colorado Supreme Court’s unprecedented decision removing former President Donald Trump from that state’s ballot.
The court scheduled oral arguments for February 8.
Trump remains on the primary ballot as the lower-court ruling disqualifying him has been put on hold pending Supreme Court action. If the justices do conclude Trump is ineligible for public office, then any votes cast for him wouldn’t count.
cit. D. TrumpTrump said Friday night that he hopes the three justices he appointed to the Supreme Court – Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett – would be “fair.”
“All I want is fair,” Trump said at a campaign event in Sioux Center, Iowa. “I fought really hard to get three very, very good people in. They’re great people, very smart people.”