Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys argue that an attempt to bar him from the 2024 ballot under a rarely invoked “insurrection” clause of the Constitution violates his right to free speech.
The suit was filed on behalf of six electors by the liberal group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington against the Colorado Secretary of State and former President Donald Trump, who is seeking to run for president again in 2024.
The lawyers made this argument in a filing posted by a Colorado court on Sept. 25, in response to the most significant of a series of challenges to President Trump’s candidacy under a clause dating back to the Civil War. Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden and his role in the events of Jan. 6, pose potential obstacles.
“At no time do Petitioners argue that President Trump did anything other than engage in either speaking […]
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