It IS a long shot….
And will most certainly end up in the Supreme Court….
But?
If affirmed against the ex-President’s actions to overturn the 2020 election?
It’s going to court this week in Colorado by a judge determined to try the case….
It WOULD cancel his efforts to regain his last government job for good…..
And drive the Republican Party BatShit Crazy….
A trial to determine whether the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” applies to former President Donald Trump is set to begin Monday in Denver, a historic but likely long-shot case that could block him from Colorado’s presidential ballot in 2024.
Six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters filed the lawsuit in early Septemberwith the backing of a liberal watchdog group called Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW. They’re arguing that Trump is disqualified from serving as president again because of his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection.
The challengers have scored a series of pretrial victories, defying expectations by defeating several motions by Trump and the Colorado GOP to throw out the case.
The bench trial in Colorado District Court is scheduled to last at least one week. Trump is not expected to attend. He denies wrongdoing regarding January 6, and his campaign said the challengers are “stretching the law beyond recognition.”
“It’s the first domino to fall. We’ve never seen a challenge like this to a presidential candidate, hearings that go for days to evaluate their eligibility,” said Derek Muller, an election law expert at Notre Dame Law School who filed a brief in a similar case that was neutral on disqualifying Trump but gave analysis for key legal questions.
“It’s not a frivolous lawsuit, but it’s not a slam dunk,” Muller added……