In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" Donald Trump claims that Colorado legislature could have intervened in Trump presidency ballot disputes only when a person “charged with a duty” under the Colorado Election Code “has committed or is about to commit a breach or neglect of duty or other wrongful act" and secretary Griswold did not commit a breach or neglect duty or other wrongful act

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In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" Donald Trump claims that Colorado legislature could have intervened in Trump presidency ballot disputes only when a person “charged with a duty” under the Colorado Election Code “has committed or is about to commit a breach or neglect of duty or other wrongful act" and secretary Griswold did not commit a breach or neglect duty or other wrongful act

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In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" Donald Trump claims that in "Anderson vs Griswold" case Colorado Supreme Court violated the Colorado Electors clause not adhering the statutes governing presidential elections

Opposing arguments

In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" respondent Anderson et al. claims that including Donald Trump on the ballot would be a "wrongful act" by the Secretary of State as Donald Trump does not qualify

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Secretary Griswold cannot breach or neglect any “duty” or commit a “wrongful act” under the Fourteenth Amendment by listing President Trump on the ballot, because section 3 merely bars individuals from holding office, not from seeking or winning election to office
Colorado legislature allows the state judiciary to intervene in ballot disputes only when a person “charged with a duty” under the Colorado Election Code “has committed or is about to commit a breach or neglect of duty or other wrongful act
In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" Donald Trump claims that Colorado Supreme Court tried to create a "wrongful act" by claiming that Secretary Griswold would violate Colorado electors code by certifying President Trump to the ballot as there is no requirement for every candidate to be qualified

Supporting arguments

In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" Donald Trump claims that Section 3 of 14th Amendment of US Constitution can only by used to disqualify a person from holding the office of the President of US and cannot be used to deny access to the ballot for Presidential elections