Status: 20.12.2023, 01:14 a.m.
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Supporters of former US President Donald Trump had stormed the seat of parliament in Washington on January 6, 2021. © Charlie Neibergall/AP/dpa
Donald Trump wants to run again in the 2024 US presidential election. But will his name be on the ballots? Plaintiffs in various U.S. states are trying to prevent this.
Washington/Denver - Former U.S. President Donald Trump must be barred from running for the White House in the state, according to the Colorado Supreme Court. The court announced its spectacular decision, which is likely to be challenged by Trump. It can be assumed that the question will ultimately have to be clarified by the country's highest court, the Supreme Court.
The background is that various plaintiffs in various US states are trying to remove Trump's name from ballots for the 2024 presidential election. The 77-year-old wants to move into the White House again for the Republicans. His opponents argue with an amendment to the Constitution that barres people from voting who have instigated an "insurrection" against the Constitution.
Storming of the U.S. Capitol
Trump supporters had stormed the seat of parliament in Washington on January 6, 2021. Congress had met there to formally confirm the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the presidential election. Trump had previously incited his supporters in a speech. As a result of the riots, five people were killed.
The court in Colorado has now ruled that Trump's name should not be on the ballot papers for the primary elections in the state and that he is excluded from the office of president. However, the court stayed its decision until shortly before the ballots were printed in early January or until the Supreme Court could clarify it.
Plaintiffs failed in other states
In states such as Michigan and Minnesota, the plaintiffs against Trump had already failed - in Colorado, too, the Republican was initially able to record a victory in a lower court. However, the judge wrote at the time: "The court concludes that Trump acted with the specific intention of inciting political violence and directing it against the Capitol in order to disrupt the certification of the election results."
However, the judge concluded that the clause in the Constitution explicitly does not refer to the office of president – and therefore Trump is allowed to remain on the ballot in Colorado for the Republican primary. The Supreme Court there took a different view. Dpa