‘This Is a Historic Decision’: Elie Honig Reacts to Trump Getting Booted from Colorado’s Ballot
CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig reacted to the news that former President Donald Trump had been booted from the ballot in Colorado on Tuesday, calling the ruling “a historic decision.”
After the Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Trump was “disqualified from holding office of the President under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment,” which prohibits anyone from holding office if they “have engaged in insurrection or rebellion,” Honig told Wolf Blitzer.”This is a historic decision. It’s a momentous decision.”
He continued:
As the Supreme Court itself says, they are in uncharted territory here, but it’s really important to keep in mind, this is not the last word here. This is almost certainly going up to the U.S. Supreme Court, which can review the decisions of a state supreme court. In fact, the Colorado Supreme Court anticipates that possibility, and for that reason, they put their own ruling on hold until January 4th, anticipating that it will go up to the Supreme Court.
The practical consequence as it stands at this moment, though, is that Donald Trump will not be on the Colorado ballot in the race for president in 2024. The Supreme Court almost certainly will take this up. It’s also important to keep in mind for the broader context, there have been dozens of these challenges filed across the country, and 18 or so of them have either failed, been rejected, or been withdrawn by the plaintiff, so this is really an outlier.
Honig concluded, “The Supreme Court is going to have the final say. The consequences here are, of course, enormous.”
The Trump campaign announced on Tuesday that it would appeal the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to keep Trump off the ballot.
“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,” said a campaign spokesperson. “We have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and finally put an end to these unAmerican lawsuits.”
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