Commentary: A seismic Colorado court decision just upended Trump’s campaign. Here’s what comes next
Donald Trump has taken the country into unexplored legal territory often, but rarely so far as in Tuesday’s ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court. The decision leaves the fate of his presidential candidacy hinging on a constitutional amendment adopted in the aftermath of the Civil War.
In a stunning but 4-3 ruling, Colorado’s highest court ordered its top elections official to remove Trump from the state’s ballots on the ground that he is disqualified from the presidency by Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. Originally aimed at the leaders of the Confederacy, the provision disqualifies officials who “have engaged in insurrection” against the United States
