- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Donald Trump can remain on the ballot in Colorado after the state’s highest court ruled in December that he could not.
- Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold was disappointed by the ruling.
- He had urged the Supreme Court to rule in favor of Colorado’s voting ban.
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Colorado’s Secretary of State, who wanted the Supreme Court to remove Donald Trump from her state’s ballot, admitted she was disheartened that the high court ruled unanimously in favor of the former president.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold was in Washington, DC, to hear the outcome of the case on Monday.
He had previously urged the Supreme Court to keep Trump off the ballot so that “votes are not wasted on ineligible candidates.”
During an interview shortly after the Supreme Court voted 9-0 in favor of former President Trump, she admitted that the ruling had defeated her.
“My biggest reaction is disappointment,” he said. “I think states should be able, under our constitution, to prohibit insurrectionists from breaking their oaths.”
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said she was disappointed by Monday’s Supreme Court ruling.
Former President Donald Trump held a press conference after the ruling saying the Supreme Court was right in its ruling, before adding that the case was politically motivated.
The case hinged on whether Trump should be removed from the ballot for participating in an “insurrection” on January 6, 2021.
The Colorado Supreme Court had decided that this was the case and that he should therefore be prohibited from holding elected office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
But the Supreme Court disagreed.
“The responsibility for enforcing Section 3 against federal officials and candidates rests with Congress and not with the states,” the justices wrote in their ruling.
‘Therefore, the ruling of the Colorado Supreme Court cannot stand. All nine members of the Tribunal agree with this result.’
Despite the loss, Griswold said he is still hopeful that Trump can be eliminated from the polls.
“Ultimately, this decision leaves the door open for Congress to act and pass authorizing legislation.”
Griswold said he is still hopeful that Congress could rule that Trump participated in an insurrection, which would therefore disqualify him from running.
He was referring to how the Supreme Court rejected the decision on whether Trump participated in an insurrection in Congress.
Meanwhile, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., said in an interview Monday that he was seeking to “revive” legislation in the House that would determine whether Trump committed an insurrection, adding credibility to Griswold’s claim.
However, Congress has yet to determine whether or not Trump committed an insurrection, and that is unlikely to happen under Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.
“We know that Congress is a barely functioning body,” Griswold said.
“So ultimately it will be up to American voters to save our democracy in November.”
Monday’s Supreme Court decision also ensured that Trump would appear on the ballot in Maine after its Secretary of State previously ruled that the former president was not allowed to be on the ballot due to his behavior on January 6.
