A trial to determine if the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” applies to former President Donald Trump is set to begin Monday in Denver, an historic but likely longshot case that could block him from Colorado’s presidential ballot in 2024.
A trial to determine whether the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” applies to former President Donald Trump is set to begin Monday in Denver, a historic but likely long-shot case that could block him from Colorado’s presidential ballot in 2024.
. They’re arguing that Trump is disqualified from serving as president again because of his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection. The challengers have scored a series of pretrial victories, defying expectations by defeating several motions by Trump and the Colorado GOP to throw out the case. The bench trial in Colorado District Court is scheduled to last at least one week. Trump is not expected to attend.
filed the lawsuit in September, asking for an expedited process to resolve the dispute before Colorado’s GOP primary on March 5, which is Super Tuesday. Wallace has said she hopes to issue a ruling by Thanksgiving, so appeals courts in Colorado have enough time to review the matter and hand down their own decision. Griswold has said there is a “hard deadline” of January 5 for a resolution in the case.
was behind that successful effort. A convicted January 6 rioter who was also a New Mexico county commissioner was removed from office last year on 14th Amendment grounds through a different but related legal mechanism, after filed a lawsuit. In that case, the official had already been convicted of a January 6-related offense. Trump is facing state and federal charges related to the Capitol riot and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election – but he pleaded not guilty and hasn’t gone to trial yet. Who is the Colorado judge? Wallace was appointed to the bench last year by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat. He said Wallace would fill a vacancy opening in January of this year.
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