{"id":13124,"date":"2023-12-21T01:46:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T01:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/21\/dem-appointed-colorado-justice-says-trump-ballot-ban-undermines-bedrock-of-america-in-fiery-dissent\/"},"modified":"2023-12-21T01:46:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T01:46:37","slug":"dem-appointed-colorado-justice-says-trump-ballot-ban-undermines-bedrock-of-america-in-fiery-dissent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/21\/dem-appointed-colorado-justice-says-trump-ballot-ban-undermines-bedrock-of-america-in-fiery-dissent\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem-appointed Colorado justice says Trump ballot ban undermines \u2018bedrock\u2019 of America in fiery dissent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Colorado Supreme Court\u2019s decision to ban former President Donald Trump from the state\u2019s primary ballot undermines a \u2018bedrock principle\u2019 of American democracy, one of the court\u2019s Democrat-appointed justices wrote in a fiery dissent.<\/p>\n

Justices Carlos Samour, Maria Berkenkotter and Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright all dissented, but Samour was particularly critical of the 4-3 ruling. Samour and Boatright were each appointed by Democratic former Gov. John Hickenlooper, while Berkenkotter was appointed by current Gov. Jared Polis, also a Democrat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018The decision to bar former President Donald J. Trump \u2014 by all accounts the current leading Republican presidential candidate (and reportedly the current leading overall presidential candidate) \u2014 from Colorado\u2019s presidential primary ballot flies in the face of the due process doctrine,\u2019 Samour wrote.<\/p>\n

\u2018Even if we are convinced that a candidate committed horrible acts in the past \u2014 dare I say, engaged in insurrection \u2014 there must be procedural due process before we can declare that individual disqualified from holding public office,\u2019 he wrote.<\/p>\n

Samour went on to argue that allowing states to decide individually whether to allow Trump\u2019s candidacy \u2018risked chaos in the country.\u2019 The justice conjured visions of state governments divided on the legitimacy of a victorious presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

\u2018This can\u2019t possibly be the outcome the framers intended,\u2019 Samour argued.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s campaign has already vowed to \u2018swiftly\u2019 appeal the court\u2019s decision to the U.S. Supreme Court, where observers largely believe it will be overturned. Multiple other state supreme courts have dismissed similar efforts to remove Trump from the ballot, including in blue states like Minnesota.<\/p>\n

\u2018The 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. 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,\u2019 Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement to Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the majority in Colorado\u2019s decision argued they did not \u2018reach these conclusions lightly.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018We are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us. We are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law, without fear or favor, and without being swayed by public reaction to the decisions that the law mandates we reach,\u2019 they wrote.<\/p>\n

\u2018President Trump did not merely incite the insurrection,\u2019 the majority opinion continued. \u2018Even when the siege on the Capitol was fully underway, he continued to support it by repeatedly demanding that Vice President Pence refuse to perform his constitutional duty and by calling Senators to persuade them to stop the counting of electoral votes.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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