Trump To SCOTUS: Presidents Aren’t “Officers” Of US

NBC News reports:

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday pleaded with the Supreme Court to allow him to remain on the Republican primary ballot in Colorado as he seeks to overturn a state ruling that found him ineligible because of his role leading up to the Jan. 6. attack on the Capitol.

Trump’s lawyers filed a brief laying out his position ahead of oral arguments scheduled for Feb. 8. In Thursday’s filing, Trump’s lawyers touched upon those themes, saying that a president is not an “officer of the United States,” that Trump did not “engage in insurrection” and that only Congress can enforce the provision in question.

Dozens of other briefs have been filed in the case so far, including one backing Trump submitted by 179 Republican members of Congress led by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

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“The court should put a swift and decisive end to these ballot-disqualification efforts, which threaten to disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans.”

Trump urges Supreme Court to allow him to stay on the ballot: https://t.co/K0qhGN3A56 via @nbcnews

— Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley) January 18, 2024

Trump files Supreme Court brief arguing he was never an ‘officer of the United States’ https://t.co/DqzIt0XxI7

— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 18, 2024