Trump calls Colorado ballot ruling ‘a sad day in America’

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023 1/ Trump calls Colorado ballot ruling 'a sad day in America' Colorado's highest court has ruled that Donald Trump is disqualified for the presidency and should be removed from 2024 ballots, an unprecedented order finding him constitutionally ineligible from holding office over his role in engaging in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.   A historic ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday was the first among any state supreme court to consider the question of his or any other candidate's eligibility, following a wave of lawsuits challenging his presidential candidacy under the US Constitution's "insurrection" clause.   Mr Trump wasted no time in sending out fundraising emails to supporters in response to the decision and pronounced it "A SAD DAY IN AMERICA" on his Truth Social platform.   Follow live updates here.  2/ The US is facing a difficult balancing act when it comes to Israel Analysis: Washington – Israel's staunchest ally – cannot afford to be out of touch with international opinion  3/ Chicago teen wrongly convicted of murder based on blind witness finally walks free after 12 years A teenager wrongfully convicted in 2011 for a murder now walks free aged 30 after key witness found legally blind 4/ Modi dismisses India assassination plot claims as a 'few incidents' that will not derail US ties Indian prime minister vows to look into allegation of Pannun's assassination plot 5/ Green River killer victim finally identified 38 years on Serial killer Gary Ridgway murdered at least 48 people  THE BIG QUESTION Colorado has removed Trump from 2024 ballot. What happens now? Donald Trump has been removed from Colorado's 2024 presidential election ballot in a stunning, first-of-its-kind ruling by the state's Supreme Court. On Tuesday, the justices in Colorado's highest court issued a majority 4-3 ruling finding that the former president must be banned from running for a second term in the White House over his role in the January 6 Capitol riot, where a mob of his supporters stormed the seat of American democracy in a bid to overturn the 2020 election. Under the 14th Amendment, anyone who "engaged in an insurrection" must be barred from holding office.   Read the full article here Watch / Kamala Harris condemns Trump saying immigrants are 'poisoning blood' of America NUMBER OF THE DAY 170 The identities of more than 170 of Jeffrey Epstein's associates are due to be revealed in the coming weeks after a New York judge ordered a trove of secret documents be unsealed. Read more QUOTE OF THE DAY "I never read Mein Kampf." - Donald Trump has now denied ever having read Adolf Hitler's 1925 memoir-manifesto Mein Kampf as he faces a firestorm over his recent run of anti-immigrant comments, which have been likened to the Nazi leader's infamous "blood and soil" rhetoric. Read more OTHER STORIES YOU MIGHT LIKE  Teen who plotted synagogue shooting is spared jail and ordered to write a book report instead Gérard Depardieu accused of rape by Spanish journalist A husband claimed his wife killed herself. Her journal proved this a lie – and led to his conviction for her murder David Benedict: Leonard Bernstein was 'a gifted man who drove himself to extremes' The Independent proudly partners with Refuge and the National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247 Join the conversation or follow us Please do not reply directly to this email   You are currently registered to receive The Independent's Evening Headlines newsletter.   To unsubscribe from The Independent's Evening Headlines newsletter, or to manage your email preferences please click here.   This e-mail was sent by Independent Digital News and Media Ltd, 14-18 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1AH. Registered in England and Wales with company number 07320345 Read our privacy notice and cookie policy