WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday morning in the landmark case against former President Donald Trump and whether he should be disqualified from seeking office in 2024.
At issue is whether Colorado’s top court was correct in applying a post-Civil War provision of the Constitution to bump Trump off the ballot, after claiming his actions around the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol amounted to “insurrection”.
After hearing arguments in the Trump vs. Anderson ballot case, the Supreme Court could rule at any time over whether the insurrection provision in the Constitution’s Fourteenth Amendment disqualifies the former president.
Trump Attorney Jonathan Mitchell argued before the high court saying, “The Colorado Supreme Court’s decision is wrong and should be reversed.”
Trump’s lawyers contend January 6th was an unorganized riot, not a planned insurrection.
“This was a riot, it was not an insurrection. The events were shameful, criminal, violent, all of those things, but it did not qualify as an insurrection,” Mitchell argued.
Jason Murray, the plaintiff’s attorney representing Colorado, disagreed, arguing the former president did indeed commit insurrection. He specifically addressed the Fourteenth Amendment as precedent.
“What they were concerned most about was ensuring that insurrectionists and rebels
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