Donald Trump is ineligible for the US presidency under the constitution’s insurrection clause, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled.
The ruling comes as the former US leader prepares to run for the presidency in 2024.
Trump is accused of inciting riots at the US Capitol Building in an effort to overturn the result after he lost the US election in 2020.
The ruling in Colorado sets up a likely showdown in the US Supreme Court, which has the final say on constitutional matters, to decide whether the frontrunner for the Republican nomination can remain in the race for the White House.
The Trump campaign has already said it will appeal to the US Supreme Court.
“The Colorado Supreme Court issued a completely flawed decision tonight and we will swiftly file an appeal to the United States Supreme Court and a concurrent request for a stay of this deeply undemocratic decision,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement Tuesday night.
What does this mean for Trump?
The Colorado Supreme Court, whose justices were all appointed by Democratic governors, has now removed Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot.
It means as it stands voters in Colorado wouldn’t be able to choose Trump in the presidential election next year.
Source -Skynews
