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On 19 Nov 2023, tRUMP VERMIN Inmate P01135809 <elonx@protonmail.com>
posted some news:ujdemo$3snkp$1@dont-email.me:

The judge made the correct decision and gave a biased statement.

A state court judge in Denver has concluded that former president Donald Trump’s name can be placed on Colorado’s Republican primary ballot next
spring, ruling that, while he did engage in an insurrection, the
constitution does not bar him from seeking the presidency again.

A group of Republican and unaffiliated voters brought the case, arguing
in their suit that Trump’s actions around the January 6 attack on the
U.S. Capitol amounted to inciting an insurrection. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment bars those who’ve taken an oath to the U.S constitution and
later rebelled against the government from holding elected office again.

In her ruling, Denver District Court judge Sarah Wallace said that
although he engaged in an insurrection, that section of the constitution
does not appear to apply to candidates for president.

“The Court holds there is scant direct evidence regarding whether the Presidency is one of the positions subject to disqualification,” wrote
Wallace in her 102-page decision.

Wallace noted that Section 3 includes a long list of elected positions
that could be disqualified under the clause, stating “No person shall be
a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United
States, or under any State," and that President and Vice President are
not among them.

“Under traditional rules of statutory construction, when a list includes specific positions but then fails to include others, courts assume the exclusion was intentional,” she concludes, noting that there is tension
between the competing interpretations of the amendment, and a lack of definitive historical guidance.

Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a liberal group
which brought the lawsuit on behalf of six Republican and unaffiliated
voters, said it will appeal the decision to the state supreme court.

https://www.cpr.org/2023/11/17/judge-rules-trump-will-appear-on-colorados -2024-gop-primary-ballot/

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