On January 29, four prize-winning historians filed this amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump v Anderson, 23-719, the Colorado ballot access case. They argue that the Fourteenth Amendment, Section Three, is self-executing, is still in force, and applies to presidents.
On January 26, U.S. District Court Judge Joshua Kindred, a Trump appointee, dismissed the lawsuit Castro v Dahlstrom, 1:23cv-11. This is a case to prevent Donald Trump from being on any Alaska ballot. The decision says in an indirect way that there is no substance to the lawsuit. Alaska doesn’t have a presidential primary, even though the complaint asked that Trump be kept off any primary or general election ballot.
On January 24, the Mississippi House passed HCR 11, which would restore the statewide initiative process. If it passes the Senate, it would go on the November 2024 ballot. It would require a petition of 8% of the registered voters, to be completed within 12 months. That would be approximately 150,000 signatures.
Here is the text of the proposed constitutional amendment.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear Anderson v Trump on February 8. As of now, the Court has allotted 30 minutes for attorneys for Donald Trump, and 30 minutes for attorneys for the voters who objected to his ballot inclusion.
on January 26, the Colorado Secretary of State asked the U.S. Supreme Court to give her attorneys fifteen minutes for the Secretary’s argument, so that the oral argument would then become a three-way argument. The Secretary of State wants 15 minutes. Here is her request. It notes that attorneys for the objectors do not consent to her motion, so the Court will need to decide whether or not to grant the Secretary’s request. Trump’s attorneys take no position on the request. The Court will need to decide soon.
On January 26, twenty-five history professors filed this amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the authors of the Fourteenth Amendment did intend Section Three to cover presidents.
