The seven-member Colorado Supreme Court divided 4-3 on the ruling, with its majority reversing the trial court's finding as to the scope of Section 3 to conclude that it encompasses the office of the presidency and one who has taken an oath as president. "President Trump asks us to hold...
The trial in Colorado is expected to last for several days. Second Judicial District Judge Sarah Wallace is overseeing the trial and asked questions of witnesses during various points of the trial. Wallace became a district judge in Jan. and was appointed by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis. Separat...
The Colorado lawmaker said that Trump's speech was laden with meaning, and that Democrats would prove it. "President Trump's words, as you will see, on Jan. 6, in that speech, just like the mob's actions, were carefully chosen. Those words had a very specific meaning to that crowd,...
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., told senators Thursday that the House managers were almost finished presenting their case in former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. “We’re almost done, but we don’t want it to be said [that] we never proved this or we never...
“Donald Trump has been on a fascist romp,” writesThe Atlantic’sTom Nichols. “At rallies in Colorado and California, he amped up his usual rants, and added a rancid grace note by suggesting that a woman heckler should “get the hell knocked out of her” by her mother after she gets...
in the nov. 5 u.s. election. the court's decision not to schedule its arguments until the week of april 22 reduces the chances that a trial in the case brought by smith could be finished before the election. the trial was previously scheduled to have begun this week. t...
One thing Mitch’s judges did not touch in that Colorado ruling is the real point of the 14th Amendment case brought against Trump by Colorado voters — namely,did he foment an insurrection? You may have missed it in the coverage of the McConnell Court’s ruling, but a Colorado court actu...
Adam Schiff speaks on the Senate floor during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Jan. 29, 2020, in Washington, DC.ABC News House manager Adam Schiff argues there are questions about whether the Trump legal team or anyone else in the White House knew ab...
In some ways, the trial in Colorado that looked at whether the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” disqualifies Donald Trump from serving as president again because of his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection served as a preview of the much higher-profile federal election s...
Voters’ lawyer defends fairness of Trump’s disqualification trial in Colorado From CNN's Marshall Cohen Jason Murray, front, listens to arguments at the Colorado Supreme Court in Denver in December 2023. David Zalubowski/Pool via AP/FILE Jason Murray, a lawyer for the anti-Trump challeng...