The primary season is just around the corner, and as the left starts to further come to the realization that former President Donald Trump is almost assuredly the GOP nominee, the panic level grows. Nothing has slowed the momentum Trump has gained in the past four years. Despite the political persecution, bogus indictments, acrimony on social media, and gloom and doom predictions from the liberal elite, Trump still represents better times for most Americans.
The damage Joe Biden and the Democrats have inflicted on what was a thriving economy, secure border, and mostly peaceful world has been too much for most folks, and Trump holds significant leads in most polls, both against Biden and his primary opponents as well. This has resulted in some states switching into desperation mode in an attempt to circumvent voters and usurp Trump from the ballot.
The first such state to bump Trump was Colorado, citing the 14th Amendment and the supposition that Trump participated in an insurrection. Unfortunately for the left, Trump was neither charged with fomenting an insurrection nor was the charge ever leveled in any of the January 6 proceedings. While other states are investigating the possibility of circumventing the voter’s will such as California and Maine, Colorado’s decision was swiftly reversed before ever heading to SCOTUS for a ruling.
The Colorado Republican State Central Committee appealed the ruling to remove Trump from the primary ballot and won, restoring the former president and GOP frontrunner to the ballot. The Committee challenged the ruling on constitutional grounds, and the Colorado Secretary of State announced Trump would be restored to the ballot. The Committee maintained that the ruling violated the First Amendment Right of Association, contending that preventing the Republican Party from choosing its own candidate trod on their constitutional right.
Also in question was whether states were allowed to use the Fourteenth Amendment without Congressional action. In a brief, Colorado GOP lawyers wrote: “By excluding President Trump from the ballot, the Colorado Supreme Court engaged in an unprecedented disregard for the First Amendment right of political parties to select the candidates of their choice and a usurpation of the rights of the people to choose their elected officials.”
The rogue decision by Colorado has created a rush across the country by liberal states to try to follow suit despite the dubious legality and the inevitable striking down coming from SCOTUS. Despite the ruling, the Colorado Secretary of State refuses to accept that the state is wrong to usurp the voters. She said: “The Colorado Supreme Court got it right. This decision is now being appealed. I urge the U.S. Supreme Court to act quickly given the upcoming presidential primary election.”
Perhaps Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold doesn’t understand how the 14th Amendment is to be interpreted in regard to presidents and the fact that it is intended for Congress to enforce. Perhaps she is so blindly biased she doesn’t care. Either way, Trump is back on the ballot and states like Maine, which also recently removed the 45th President, are likely to be reversed as well before the United States Supreme Court puts the matter to rest permanently in favor of American voters and Donald Trump.
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