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Earlier this week former president Trump’s lawyers appealed to the Supreme Court to get him back on the ballot in Colorado. Here’s a bit of what they said in their filing:
It is a “‘fundamental principle of our representative democracy,’ embodied in the Constitution, that ‘the people should choose whom they please to govern them.’ ” U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779, 783 (1995) (quoting Powell v. McCormack, 395 U.S. 486, 547 (1969)). Petitioner President Donald J. Trump (“President Trump”) is the leading candidate for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.1 Over 74 million Americans voted for President Trump in the 2020 general election, including more than 1.3 million voters in the State of Colorado.2 Yet, on December 19, 2023, the Colorado Supreme Court ordered President Trump removed from the presidential primary ballot—a ruling that, if allowed to stand, will mark the first time in the history of the United States that the judiciary has prevented voters from casting ballots for the leading major-party presidential candidate.
Today, the Supreme Court agreed to take up the case.
The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on whether former President Trump will be on the Colorado Republican presidential primary ballot.
The justices said they will hear the case on an expedited basis, with arguments on Feb. 8.
“The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The case is set for oral argument on Thursday, February 8, 2024,” the decision said.
