U.S. Republican lawmakers submitted a written opinion to the U.S. Supreme Court, which is scheduled to hear former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for president, requesting that he be allowed to run.
According to a report in the Washington Post (WP) on the 18th, 179 Republican lawmakers from the Senate and House of Representatives, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader Steve Scalise, submitted an opinion to the Supreme Court on the same day in Colorado, which blocked former President Trump from running.
They requested that the Supreme Court ruling be overturned. Previously, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former President Trump’s name should be removed from Colorado’s primary ballot, believing that former President Trump’s incitement of supporters to storm the Capitol on January 6, 2021 with claims of ‘election fraud’ was an act of participation in insurrection.
Former President Trump then objected to the ruling and appealed to the Supreme Court on the 3rd and requested a hearing. The Federal Supreme Court will hold oral arguments on February 8. In their opinion, lawmakers argued that the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling should be invalidated because it violated the Legislature’s inherent authority. T
his opinion was led by Senator Ted Cruz and House Minority Leader Scalise, and was also signed by Senate Majority Leader McConnell, who previously stated that former President Trump was responsible for provoking the Capitol riot on January 6. 42 out of 49 Republican senators and 137 out of 220 House members participated.
WP analyzed that some centrist lawmakers and congressmen from districts where President Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election did not list their names.