State’s highest court declares former president ineligible for White House under the US constitution’s insurrection clause
The Colorado supreme court on Tuesday declared Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the US constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race.
The decision from a court whose justices were all appointed by Democratic governors makes Trump the first presidential candidate in US history to be deemed ineligible for the White House under a rarely used provision that bars elected officials from holding office if they have engaged in “insurrection or rebellion”.