A growing number of liberal and conservative legal scholars have embraced the longshot legal strategy . The lawsuit from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is the first highprofile legal case attempting to use the th Amendment to derail Trumps presidential campaign . Trump has denied wrongdoing regarding the January attack on the US Capitol and said in a recent social media post that there is no legal basis to remove him from the ballot . The Constitution does not spell out how to enforce this ban and it has only been applied twice since the late s when it was used extensively against former Confederates . Legal scholars are split on how the ban could be applied to Trump and how it would even be implemented whether by election officials Congress or a court given the constitutional ambiguities . Many expect the Supreme Court will ultimately weigh in on the matter in some fashion . The GOP primary in Colorado is on March which is Super Tuesday. Trump has a commanding lead in the GOP primary race according to recent polling. The federal criminal trial on charges stemming from his efforts to overturn the election is scheduled to begin March . He has pleaded not guilty to any wrongdoing and said there was no legal justification for removing him from his seat in the presidential election is not possible to do so . The campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said those promoting the th amendment are are stretching the law beyond recognition . In a statement after the lawsuit was filed he said he is ‘stretch the law . He said he would be ‘out of the law by stretching it beyond recognition’ and that he would ‘be prepared for nothing to do anything to do nothing to change the law. He has said that he is not guilty. It is not necessarily necessary to change anything to change it. It was not necessary to make a decision to change
Watchdog group sues to block Trump from Colorado ballot, citing 14th Amendment’s
