A trial has begun that could result in former President Donald Trump getting kicked off the presidential ballot in Colorado as opponents of the former president work to expand the effort to other states.
On Monday, the District Court for the city and County of Denver, Colorado, began hearing arguments in a case asking whether the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution prevents Trump, the current frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, from appearing on the presidential ballot in the state.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment states: “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”