No. 23-696

Colorado Republican State Central Committee v. Norma Anderson, et al.

Lower Court: Colorado
Docketed: 2023-12-28
Status: Dismissed
Type: Paid
Amici (3)Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: 14th-amendment disqualification-clause due-process election-law first-amendment fourteenth-amendment insurrection political-parties presidential-eligibility section-3 state-authority
Latest Conference: 2024-03-15
Question Presented (from Petition)

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?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the President falls within the list of officials subject to the disqualification provision of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Docket Entries

2024-03-18
The petition for a writ of certiorari is dismissed as moot.
2024-03-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/15/2024.
2024-01-05
2024-01-04
Waiver of right of respondent Donald J. Trump to respond filed.
2024-01-04
Brief amici curiae of Public Interest Legal Foundation and Hans von Spakovsky filed.
2024-01-04
2024-01-04
Reply of petitioner Colorado Republican State Central Committee filed.
2024-01-02
Brief of respondent Jena Griswold, Secretary of State of Colorado in support filed.
2024-01-02
2023-12-28
Motion of the Anderson respondents to expedite briefing on the petition for a writ of certiorari and for expedited merits briefing if the petition is granted filed.
2023-12-28
Response of the Anderson respondents to petitioner's motion to expedite filed.
2023-12-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 29, 2024)
2023-12-27
Motion of petitioner to expedite consideration of the petition for a writ of certiorari and to expedite merits briefing and oral arugment in the event the petition is granted filed.

Attorneys

45 Colorado Registered Electors
J. Gregory TroutmanTroutman Law Office, PLLC., Amicus
Brian J. Martin
Wallace K. LightseyWyche P.A., Amicus
Colorado Republican State Central Committee
Jay Alan SekulowAmerican Center for Law and Justice, Petitioner
Donald J. Trump
Jonathan F. MitchellMitchell Law PLLC, Respondent
Jena Griswold, Secretary of State of Colorado
LeeAnn MorrillColorado Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Norma Anderson, et al.
Jason Clifford MurrayOlson Grimsley Kawanabe Hinchcliff & Murray, LLC, Respondent
Public Interest Legal Foundation and Hans von Spakovsky
John Christian AdamsPublic Interest Legal Foundation, Amicus
Senator Steve Daines & National Republican Senatorial Committee
John Matthew GoreJones Day, Amicus