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   WASHINGTON, Dec 27 (Reuters) - The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday   
   asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after Colorado's top court   
   disqualified former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state's   
   Republican primary ballot, an attorney for the Republican group said.   
      
   The appeal comes after the Colorado Supreme Court on Dec. 19 disqualified   
   Trump because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol   
   by his supporters. The court barred Trump under a U.S. constitutional   
   provision prohibiting anyone who "engaged in insurrection or rebellion"   
   from holding public office.   
      
   The Colorado Republican Party is being represented by Jay Sekulow of the   
   conservative litigation firm the American Center for Law & Justice.   
      
   Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican 2024 presidential nomination, is   
   expected to file his own appeal. The state high court had put its decision   
   on hold until Jan. 4, stating that Trump would remain on the ballot if he   
   appealed.   
      
   The Colorado court's ruling marked the first time in history that Section   
   3 of the U.S. Constitution's Fourteenth Amendment - the so-called   
   disqualification clause - had been used to deem a presidential candidate   
   ineligible for the White House.   
      
   The 4-3 Colorado Supreme Court ruling reversed a lower court judge's   
   conclusion that Trump engaged in insurrection by inciting his supporters   
   to violence, but as president, he was not an "officer of the United   
   States" who could be disqualified under the Fourteenth Amendment.   
      
   The Colorado court concluded that Trump's role instigating violence at the   
   Capitol as lawmakers met to certify the results of the 2020 election   
   constituted engaging in insurrection, and that the presidency is covered   
   by the insurrection provision.   
      
   The attack was an attempt by Trump's supporters to overturn his 2020   
   election loss to Democratic President Joe Biden, which Trump falsely   
   claims was the result of fraud.   
      
   Courts have rejected several lawsuits seeking to keep Trump off the   
   primary ballot in other states. Minnesota's top court rebuffed an effort   
   to disqualify Trump from the Republican primary in that state but did not   
   rule on his overall eligibility to serve as president.   
      
   Reporting by John Kruzel; Editing by Sonali Paul and Lincoln Feast.   
      
   https://www.reuters.com/world/us/republicans-appeal-trump-colorado-ballot-   
   disqualification-us-supreme-court-2023-12-28/   
      
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