The Real Issue for Trump and Primary Ballots is TIME

Trump speaks to supporters during a Keep America Great rally on February 20, 2020, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/via Getty Images)

On Wednesday, the Colorado Republican Party filed an appeal with the United States Supreme Court, asking the nation’s highest Court to hear arguments in their case to protect Donald Trump’s position on the state primary ballot. In its Writ, the legal team representing the Colorado GOP accused the state Supreme Court of "fundamentally changing the course of American democracy" and weighing down the “courts henceforth in political controversies over nebulous accusations of insurrection."

Last week, former president Trump was disqualified by the Colorado Supreme Court from appearing on the Republican Primary ballot in March of 2024, due to his alleged treasonous role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol Complex. The Court determined that Donald Trump had violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, which prohibits anyone who swore an oath to support the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection” from holding political office.

Colorado Supreme Court order included the following language in their decision: the Secretary of State “will continue to be required to include President Trump’s name on the 2024 presidential primary ballot, until the receipt of any order or mandate from the Supreme Court.”

Metal fencing surrounds the Colorado State Capital in Denver, Colorado on January 17, 2021, during a nationwide protest called by anti-government and far-right groups supporting US President Donald Trump and his claim of electoral fraud in the November 3 presidential election. (Photo by Jason Connolly/via Getty Images)

In its decision, the Colorado Supreme Court stayed, or stopped its decision from going into effect and formally removing Trump from the ballot until Jan. 4, 2024, or until the US Supreme Court ruled on the merits of the case. The deadline for Colorado to print the 2024 Republican Primary ballots in anticipation of the March 5 race, is Jan. 5. Due to this latest filing by the Colorado Republican Party, Trump will remain on the Republican Primary ballot in Colorado, unless the Supreme Court issues an expeditious ruling in a matter of days.