#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.
@redenigma P.S. The Colorado Republican Party did not bring the original lawsuit. It was brought by four individual Republicans and an independent.
@WordsmithFL ah, ok, i misunderstood when i heard it was a Republican suit.
@redenigma This is the 1992 #Florida case we were involved with. I was working on Larry Agran's campaign.
Each state has its own primary or caucus rules. The FL ruling doesn't apply to other states, but it seems that the MI court followed the same logic. It's the same argument being made by CO GOP -- essentially, freedom of association.
@redenigma To quote from the article:
"A long line of precedent stands for the proposition that political parties have the right to determine and enforce the qualifications of members and candidates through self-governance."