Trump's Name to Stay on Colorado Ballot Pending Appeal

Donald Trump's name will remain on the Colorado GOP primary ballot "unless the U.S. Supreme Court declines to take the case or otherwise affirms the Colorado Supreme Court ruling," says Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold.

The Colorado Republican Party on Thursday asked the U.S. high court to take up Trump's 14th Amendment issue after the state Supreme Court ruled that the former president was disqualified from the ballot earlier this month.

"For the first time in American history, a former President has been disqualified from the ballot, a political party has been denied the opportunity to put forward the presidential candidate of its choice, and the voters have been denied the ability to choose their Chief Executive through the electoral process," says the party's writ of certiorari, a petition to the high court asking it to review the case.

The Supreme Court does not have any set timeline for when or if it must take up the case, but Griswold called on the justices to "act quickly."

"Donald Trump engaged in insurrection and was disqualified under the Constitution from the Colorado Ballot," Griswold wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

"The Colorado Supreme Court got it right. This decision is now being appealed. I urge the U.S. Supreme Court to act quickly given the upcoming presidential primary election."