Former American President Donald Trump (2017-2021) appealed this Wednesday the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court to exclude him from the Republican primaries in this state, the newspaper indicates. Washington Post.

His legal team filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to review Colorado’s resolution that would exclude him from the Republican primary, a day after filing an appeal of a similar decision in Maine in Kennebec Supreme Court.

In both states, it was believed that the former president and the new candidate for election will not be able to run for a second term in the White House under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution for participating in “insurrection.”

The Colorado Supreme Court’s veto was announced on December 19.. The unprecedented decision stems from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, which occurred as Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory over Trump was being certified.

Later, December 28, Maine becomes the second state to disqualify Trump. In this case, the decision was made by the Maine Secretary of State, Democrat Shanna Bellows, who is responsible for organizing elections in this district.

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Trump’s lawyers said last Tuesday in Maine that Bellows’ decision was “the product of a process tainted by bias and a widespread lack of due process” and that “it is arbitrary, capricious” and that “it is not supported by substantial evidence in the record.”

Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that He will not be able to serve as a senator or representative in Congress, or as an elector for president and vice president.(…) who, having previously sworn to defend Magna Carta, has taken part in any insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or furnished aid or means to the enemies of the country.

This paragraph does not directly mention the office of the President, but in the American federal system Each state is responsible for administering elections.even presidential ones, and thus has the power to exclude a candidate even if he is not indicted, thereby reducing his support in the overall race.

In both Maine and Colorado The primaries will take place on March 5., a day known as Super Tuesday because more than a dozen Republican and Democratic states hold primaries simultaneously to choose which candidate will represent them in the presidential election. (EFE)