Colorado GOP pushes Trump 14th Amendment issue before Supreme Court

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

39% : Other state Supreme Courts -- like Minnesota in November and Michigan on Wednesday -- have effectively punted on the issue, allowing Trump to appear on states' primary ballots while leaving the door open for further challenges for his general election eligibility.
38% : The justices in the majority in the 4-3 ruling in Colorado noted that they were treading on unfamiliar territory at the time, but ultimately found Trump was culpable for the violence at the U.S. Capitol more than two years ago.
36% : The state GOP's petition argues three points: The office of the presidency is not covered by the 14th Amendment, the insurrection clause is not "self-executing" -- meaning Congress alone must enforce it, and states cannot make that determination on their own -- and that by kicking Trump off the primary ballot, the state Republican Party's First Amendment rights of association have been violated.
35% : Jay Sekulow, who defended Trump during his first impeachment trial, is the organization's chief counsel.
35% : "President Trump did not merely incite the insurrection.
35% : "The Colorado GOP's appeal this week means Trump will almost assuredly appear on the primary ballot in the state, unless the U.S. Supreme Court issues an incredibly expedient decision.
31% : The Colorado court's decision earlier this month to bar Trump from the ballot was a landmark one, supercharging the legal efforts to have Trump barred from office, which has been pushed by a strange bedfellows group of liberal activists and conservative judicial scholars.
23% : So far, Colorado's top court is the only one in the country to find Trump ineligible to run.

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