...will very likely go to the SCOTUS, but even Gorsuch has previously leaned in favor of that view....from the article...
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In her ruling, Wallace wrote, “If the Party, without any oversight, can choose its preferred candidate, then it could theoretically nominate anyone regardless of their age, citizenship, residency.” She added, “Such an interpretation is absurd; the Constitution and its requirements for eligibility are not suggestions, left to the political parties to determine at their sole discretion.”
And Wallace — to the likely chagrin of Trump — cited in support of this point a 2012 opinion from Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, a Trump appointee, when he was a federal appellate judge. In that case, Gorsuch wrote that states do have the legal authority to “exclude from the ballot candidates who are constitutionally prohibited from assuming office.”
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Stay tuned...
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/22/opinions/trump-colorado-ballot-lawsuit-14th-amendment-obeidallah/index.html