The case, one of several similar legal efforts to keep the former president out of the running, is likely to eventually end up before the US Supreme Court, where conservatives hold a 6-3 majority.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment bars anyone from holding public office if they engaged in “insurrection or rebellion” after once pledging to support and defend the Constitution. “Trump incited a violent mob to attack our Capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power under our Constitution,” Eric Olson, an attorney for CREW, said in his opening argument at the livestreamed hearing being held in Denver before Judge Sarah Wallace.
Scott Gessler, a former Colorado secretary of state representing Trump, countered that the suit was “anti-democratic” and urged the judge to throw it out.You lack locus standi to challenge us on Naira depreciation, CBN tells Falana