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DJTdisqualified page 14 Colorado Supreme Court
¶22 The trial began, as scheduled, on October 30. The evidentiary portion lasted five days, with closing arguments almost two weeks later, on November 15.
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During those two weeks, the Electors, the Secretary, President Trump, and CRSCC submitted proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law. The court issued its written final order on November 17, finding, by clear and convincing evidence, that the events of January 6 constituted an insurrection and President Trump engaged in that insurrection. The court further concluded, however, that Section Three does not apply to a President because, as the terms are used in Section Three, the Presidency is not an “office . . . under the United States” nor is the President “an officer of the United States” who had “previously taken an oath . . . to support the Constitution of the United States.”
U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 3; see Anderson, ¶¶ 299–315.
Accordingly, the Secretary could not exclude President Trump’s name from the presidential primary ballot. Anderson, Part VI. Conclusion.
¶23 On November 20, both the Electors and President Trump sought this court’s review of the district court’s rulings under section 1-1-113(3).
We accepted jurisdiction of the parties’ cross-petitions. Following extensive briefing from the parties and over a dozen amici, we held oral argument on December 6 and now issue this ruling.
I'll print this out and wipe my ass with it.