Colorado Republican State Central Committee v. Norma Anderson, et al.
DueProcess FirstAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether the President falls within the list of officials subject to the disqualification provision of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED The Supreme Court of Colorado held that states possess authority, regardless of the lack of congressional authorization, to determine that a presidential candidate is disqualified under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment and that former President Donald J. Trump is disqualified as an insurrectionist. The Questions Presented are: 1. Whether the President falls within the list of officials subject to the disqualification provision of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment? 2. Whether Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment is self-executing to the extent of allowing states to remove candidates from the ballot in the absence of any Congressional action authorizing such process? 3. Whether the denial to a political party of its ability to choose the candidate of its choice in a presidential primary and general election violates that party’s First Amendment Right of Association? ii PARTIES Petitioner Colorado Republican State Central Committee was Intervenor-Appellee in the state courts. The following were in the state courts and are respondents here: Norma Anderson, Michelle Priola, Claudine Cmarada, Krista Kafer, Kathi Wright, and Christopher Castilian. Jena Griswold, in her official capacity as Colorado Secretary of State, was Respondent-Appellee in the state courts and is a respondent here. Donald J. Trump was in the state courts and is a nominal respondent here.