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Vivek Ramaswamy urges SC to overturn Colorado ruling
Vivek Ramaswamy argued that the ruling was both “disastrous and unconstitutional”
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Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed his strong opposition to Colorado's decision to eliminate Donald Trump from the state's ballot. Arguing that the ruling was both “disastrous and unconstitutional,” Ramaswamy has filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court.
In a series of tweets on X, Ramaswamy said that Trump's opponents used various methods to keep him at bay. He alleged that the elimination attempts had escalated to “anti-democratic measures”, driven by the fear that Trump could not be defeated. He added that there was a lack of justification for disqualifying Trump, forecasting severe consequences for the country.
The entrepreneur-turned-politician also argued if the SC endorsed the lower court's interpretation of Section 3, it would encourage state decision-makers and voters to use disqualification as a tool for political gain. He added that it would lead to divergent outcomes across states, which would eventually lead to a “fracture” of the nation to a breaking point.
Ramaswamy presented textual and structural reasons for rejecting the Colorado Supreme Court's reading of Section 3, noting that the phrase "officer of the United States" did not historically cover the President.
“Although the President may not exercise legislative or judicial authority, he may wield the entirety of the power vested in him within the Executive’s constitutional sphere. From 1789 through the present day, an energetic Executive has been vital to the constitutional structure, while the appointment of “officers of the United States” remains what it always has been: optional,” he wrote on X.
Concluding his tweets, Ramaswamy called on the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court, asserting that the future of the US election’s integrity depended on it.
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