WV Attorney General asks Supreme Court to reverse Trump disqualification – Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Cloudy skies. High near 55F. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph..
Showers early, becoming a steady rain late. Areas of patchy fog. Low 52F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.
Updated: January 24, 2024 @ 2:56 am
AP file photo
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is co-leading an amicus brief with Indiana that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision from Colorado that kept former President Donald Trump off that state’s ballot.
for that state’s presidential primary elections.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is pictured in a Daily Telegraph file photo.
Morrisey
AP file photo
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is co-leading an amicus brief with Indiana that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision from Colorado that kept former President Donald Trump off that state’s ballot.
for that state’s presidential primary elections.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is pictured in a Daily Telegraph file photo.
Morrisey
By GREG JORDAN
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is co-leading an amicus brief with Indiana that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision from Colorado that kept former President Donald Trump off the ballot for that state’s presidential primary elections.
The coalition of states — the Arizona Legislature and legislative leadership of North Carolina also signed on —argues that Congress must decide whether to disqualify a person from office ineligible under the Section 3 of Fourteenth Amendment.
“In declaring that former President Donald Trump is ineligible to run for president in the coming election,” the coalition wrote, “the Colorado Supreme Court has effectively reordered the roles of all the relevant players in presidential elections.”
“We have seen President Trump’s decisive victory in the Iowa Caucuses, which reflected the will of the people to choose who should represent them in government,” Morrisey said Monday. “He is clearly the frontrunner and the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to keep President Trump off the ballot is flawed — that determination lies with Congress and Congress alone.”
“This is all about protecting the integrity of our elections,” Morrisey added.
The coalition also argues: “The Colorado court’s decision strikes a serious blow to the Constitution’s structural separation of powers.”
“What constitutes insurrection is not a question courts should answer at all,” Morrisey added.
The originating lawsuit was filed by six Colorado voters who insisted Trump is disqualified from office under a Civil War-era insurrection clause in the 14th Amendment because of his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 incident at the U.S. Capitol.
A state district judge ruled the insurrection clause does not apply to the presidency and allowed Trump to be on the ballot, according to the Attorney General’s Office.
Then the Colorado Supreme Court issued a ruling barring Trump from the GOP primary ballot under the 14th Amendment.
“Colorado’s decision creates confusion in the upcoming primaries, and this case never should’ve been brought,” Morrisey said, writing in the U.S. Supreme Court brief that Colorado’s “decision to dilute former President Trump’s votes in the upcoming election will throw the 2024 presidential election into chaos.”
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming, along with the Arizona Legislature and the legislative leadership of North Carolina, joined the West Virginia- and Indiana-led brief.
— Contact Greg Jordan at gjordan@bdtonline.com
Contact Greg Jordan at gjordan@bdtonline.com
{{description}}
Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.
CAMP CREEK [mdash]John Grant Thomas, 70, of Camp Creek, died Thursday, January 18, 2024. Full arrangements can be viewed at www.memorialfd.com. The Thomas family is being served by the Memorial Funeral Directory and Cremation Center on the Athens Road in Princeton.
11 a.m. Monday, at the Memorial Funeral Directory Chapel on the Athens Road, Princeton.
Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles.
Sign up now to get our FREE breaking news coverage delivered right to your inbox.
First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.
We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: