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

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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" respondent Anderson et al. claims that states have the right to deny access to the ballot of US Presidential elections

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Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits individuals only from holding office: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and VicePresident, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States . . . U.S. Const. amend. XIV, § 3 (emphasis added). It does not prevent anyone from running for office, or from being elected to office, because Congress can remove a section 3 disqualification at any time—and Congress can remove that disability after a candidate is elected but before his term begins.

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In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" Donald Trump claims that the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling on "Anderson v Griswold" violates Term Limits by adding a new qualification for the presidency be “qualified” under Section 3 of 14th Amendment of US constitution not only on the dates that he holds office, but also on the dates of the primary and general elections

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Donald Trump Appeal to the Supreme Court in "Trump v Anderson" over Colorado Supreme court ruling in "Anderson vs Griswold"