'Tough to overrule': Jan. 6 Committee lawyer says Colorado ruling is built to last
The Supreme Court may have their work cut out for them.
A former House Jan. 6 investigator is convinced trying to overturn Tuesday's 4 to 3 ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court disqualifying former President Donald Trump from appearing on the 2024 presidential primary ballot will be a tall order.
"I think the Supreme Court will have to look seriously at this and I think this will be tough to overrule," said Temidayo Aganda-Williams during an appearance on CNN's "NewsNight" with Abby Phillip. "And the Supreme Court may take some off-ramps here.
He spoke to these briefly as possibly finding chinks in the case where either the voters in Colorado or their proxy plaintiffs being the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) may lack standing or fail to have jurisdiction.
The state court's decision affects its March 5 Republican primary, however it could also jeopardize Trump's status in the state for next year's Nov. 5 general election.
After the announcement, Trump confirmed he would contest the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court and so the decision will be delayed until at least Jan. 4 to allow him to see that appeal through to the end.
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Whatever transpires when the Supreme Court takes up the case, Aranda-Williams believes there needs to be some serious effort put into the opinions that are generated to meet the moment and set a definitive answer to determine exactly what Trump's role was in the leadup to and on the day of the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol.
"I think what the American people are owed an opinion that goes to the heart and the merits of the case, which is, one, whether the former president engaged in insurrection against the Constitution.
"I think that's what the court has to answer here."
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