Former President Trump faces a pair of cases in Colorado and Minnesota that seek to bar him from running in the 2024 presidential election and potentially winning the White House again.
Cases in Colorado and Minnesota are seeking to disqualify former President Donald Trump from winning the White House again. The hearing could break new ground in constitutional law and could easily end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorneys started their arguments on Monday, claiming Trump’s alleged role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, violated the Constitution's insurrection clause and thus prevents him from being able to seek office.
The cases hinge on a Civil War-era provision – Section Three of the 14th Amendment – that prohibits those who swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and then 'engaged in insurrection' against it from holding higher office. The case will pivot on whether the Jan. 6 attack meets the meaning of 'insurrection' in the 14th Amendment and whether Trump's actions meet the definition of 'engaging.
His lawyers said none of the issues are simple in a provision of the Constitution that hasn’t been used in 150 years. In court filings, they said the insurrection clause was never meant to apply to the office of president, which is not mentioned in the text, unlike 'Senator or Representative in Congress' and 'elector of President and Vice President.
Wallace said she didn’t recall the donation and subsequently denied the motion. Recent primary polls have Trump leading the Republican primary, with Nikki Haley and Gov. Ron DeSantis tied for second in Iowa. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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