WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) filed a Supreme Court amicus brief in the case Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson, et al.
In Trump v. Anderson, the U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether former President Donald Trump should remain on the ballot in the State of Colorado, after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled he should be removed, even though he is the current frontrunner to be the Republican Party’s presidential candidate. The brief argues “the Colorado Supreme Court’s opinion tramples the prerogatives of members of Congress.” They argue the court “raced past numerous textual and structural limitations . . . which are primarily designed to ensure that Congress controls the enforcement and removal” of a president from office, and the court “adopted a malleable and expansive view of ‘engage in insurrection,’ which will easily lead to widespread abuse” against the political opponents of those in power in the U.S. The legislators urge the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision.
“Our nation was founded on the basic principle that power rests with the people,” said Risch. “President Biden and democrats are silencing the voices of the American people. It is up to the Supreme Court to ensure the foundation of the United States is upheld.”
“The radical left consistently does what they claim their opponents are doing. While President Biden and his allies claim they are defending democracy, their supporters are working to undermine democracy by banning Biden’s likely general election opponent from appearing on the ballot,” said Cruz. “The American people see through this, and I’m confident the Supreme Court will as well.”
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) led the amicus effort in the U.S. House of Representatives and was joined by Speaker Mike Johnson and 135 other Members of Congress. Risch and Cruz are joined on the brief by Senators Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Katie Boyd Britt (R-Ala.), Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), John Kennedy (R-La.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), John Thune (R-S.D.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.).
The full brief is available here.
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