Opinion: In Trump Supreme Court case, remember Congress already disqualified him
CNNOct 02, 2023
SCOTUS Hears Trump Colorado Ballot Case
The Facts
The US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) Thursday heard oral arguments concerning the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling to remove Republican former Pres. Donald Trump from the state's 2024 primary election ballot.
Previously, the Colorado court voted 4-3 on Dec. 19, 2023 to remove Trump from the ballot due to alleged violations of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, accusing the former president of “engaging in insurrection” during the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the US Capitol.
The Spin
Anti-Trump narrative
The Constitution is clear when it comes to the consequences of inciting an insurrection, and when majorities in the Senate and House in 2021 moved forward with Trump's second impeachment, he was officially designated as an insurrectionist. So a third Trump run for America's highest office will place the US' democratic value system in potentially irreversible danger.
Pro-Trump narrative
Despite the best attempts of political and legal conspirators, Colorado's antidemocratic attempts to remove Trump from its ballot will likely crumble under the scrutiny of SCOTUS. The case is but another in a long line of illegitimate attempts to undermine Trump's road to the White House via a weaponization of the justice system.
Nerd narrative
There's a 94% chance that if Trump is the Republican nominee for president in 2024, his name will appear on Colorado's ballot on election day, according to the Metaculus prediction community.