#Politics From #CNN: #Colorado GOP appeals state Supreme Court #Trump ruling to #SCOTUS.

They're using the appeal I predicted based on my 1992 #Florida Democratic primary experience:

"... [T]he Colorado Supreme Court engaged in an unprecedented disregard for the First Amendment right of political parties to select the candidates of their choice ..."

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/politics/colorado-gop-appeal-trump-supreme-court/index.html

@WordsmithFL the first amendment does not override the 14th amendment. they are not free to choose an ineligible candidate
also, the suit to ban Trump was originally brought by the CO GOP, so this looks like they want their cake & to eat it too

@redenigma There's a difference between the primary and the general. I worked on a 1992 Florida campaign for a candidate the Dems blocked from the ballot. The judge ruled that a party can choose who they want to be on the primary ballot.

The implication was that the party is free to choose someone who could be banned in the general.

That is what the CO GOP is arguing. It's what the MI Supreme Court said.

@WordsmithFL @redenigma

And that is exactly what we thought. Did CO specifically say Primary or did it just say Ballot? Not sure of exact wording - it makes a difference.
Here in WV, party picks their endorsed candidate others can challenge them. Or a party can decide not to have a Primary but use the State Convention method to pick their candidate as our Mountain Party does.

@Gladari

CO has unique rules different from other states. One is that a candidate much provide proof of eligibility to be on a primary ballot. MI in its ruling noted that its state does not have that rule.

Another is that CO is a "semi-closed" primary state. Republicans and independents can vote in the GOP primary, but no voters who are registered members of other parties. The CO lawsuit was filed by four private citizens, four Republicans and one independent. No party involved.

@redenigma