‘Strikingly Anti-Democratic’: Jonathan Turley Shreds Colorado Over Trump Ballot Ouster
By Virginia Kruta
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley torched the Colorado State Supreme Court over a Tuesday decision that removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential ballot.
Turley took to X to voice his assessment of the decision, which was based on a ruling stating that — despite the fact that Trump has been neither charged nor convicted with participation in an insurrection — the former president was ineligible to run because he “engaged in an insurrection” on January 6, 2021.
“The Colorado Supreme Court has issued an unsigned opinion disqualifying Trump from the ballot: ‘The sum of these parts is this: President Trump is disqualified from holding the office of President under Section Three; because he is disqualified,’” Turley began.
…This ends a string of losses for advocates of this dangerous novel theory. They finally found a court that would embrace what the court admits is a case of “first impression.” My first impression remains that same. The court is dead wrong in my view…https://t.co/lGhv9je2a7