DENVER (AP) — The Colorado judge overseeing the first significant lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 presidential ballot on Friday issued a protective order prohibiting threats and intimidation in the case, saying the safety of those involved — including herself and her staff — was necessary as the groundbreaking litigation moves forward.
“I 100% understand everybody’s concerns for the parties, the lawyers, and frankly myself and my staff based on what we’ve seen in other cases,” District Judge Sarah B. Wallace said as she agreed to the protective order.
The order prohibits parties in the case from making threatening or intimidating statements. Scott Gessler, a former Colorado secretary of state representing Trump in the case, opposed it. He said a protective order was unnecessary because threats and intimidation already are prohibited by law.
Wait what kind of hell hole do we live in where the government can ban people from the ballot of a private club? To be clear to the liberals here, the DNC and the GOP are NOT governmental organizations, and Primary's have nothing to do with our constitution or voting rights. Plus as was established in 2016, the primary vote itself is 100% optional by the parties involved. They could skip them all together, and just decide to run Trump as their nominee, and there is nothing the Federal Government can do about that. So what the fuck is this case?
It hasn't happened yet, so we don't know the exact legal justification for why it should or shouldn't be allowed. This is a lawsuit to remove Trump's name from the ballots.
Without going through the whole legal document, there seems to be a fairly good reason for why Trump shouldn't be allowed to run for president, and removing his name from the primary elections would be one step towards that.