The suit, filed by the liberal nonprofit group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, cites the 14th Amendment’s “Disqualification Clause,” which bars any person who has “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the Constitution from holding federal or state office, as the basis for the 77-year-old’s White House ineligibility.
The complaint was filed on behalf of six Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters represented by CREW and two other law firms and specifically seeks to bar Trump from the 2024 Colorado primary ballot over his alleged role in “recruiting, inciting and encouraging a violent mob that attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021 in a futile attempt to remain in office,” according to the group.
