December 22, 2023 |
Photo – Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray – Bigfoot99 file photo
Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Grey said this week that the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that will keep Donald Trump’s name off the ballot there next year is un-American and unconstitutional.
This week’s ruling by Colorado’s high court that uses a little known provision in the 14th Amendment kicks Trump off the state’s 2024 primary election ballot for supposedly violating the U.S. Constitution.
California is now considering pursuing a similar tactic. Similar challenges in other states have proven unsuccessful.
Meanwhile, dissenting justices on the Colorado Supreme Court decision have warned that removing Trump from the state primary ballot for “insurrection” risks sowing “chaos” throughout the country. The dissenting justices also warned that Trump did not receive a fair trial.
Even though every justice on Colorado’s high court was appointed by a Democratic governor, the case produced a narrow 4-3 split decision.
In his new release this week, the Wyoming Secretary of State said the case should have been dismissed.
The court’s decision will impact next year’s presidential election process in Colorado significantly. The court explicitly stated in the majority opinion that Secretary of State Jena Griswold “may not list President Trump’s name on the 2024 presidential primary ballot, nor may she count any write-in votes cast for him.”
The court put its decision on hold until Jan. 4 to allow for further appeals. It also said that if the matter is pursued before the U.S. Supreme Court before that date, the pause will remain in effect during that time and Colorado will be required to include Trump’s name on the primary ballot pending action by the Supreme Court.
One of the dissenting opinions in the ruling came from Justice Carlos Samour said the decision “will inevitably lead to the disqualification of President Trump from the presidential primary ballot in less than all 50 states, thereby risking chaos in our country.”
