Trump is backed by more than TWO DOZEN attorneys general in Supreme Court battle – warning of 'chaos' in 2024 that will 'go out of control' if he is removed from the ballot

Republican attorneys general from 27 states have filed a court brief in support of Donald Trump in his Supreme Court battle to stay on Colorado's 2024 presidential ballot.

In a 22-page “friend of the court” brief filed Saturday, the attorneys general called on the Supreme Court to overturn a Colorado court ruling that barred Trump under the 14th Amendment's insurrection ban. to declare.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case on February 8, and its decision on Trump's eligibility to run for president will have far-reaching implications for the November election, after Maine moved separately to impeach Trump on similar grounds prohibit.

In their letter, the Republican AGs argued that allowing them to run for office would cause widespread chaos if the Colorado court's decision would cause widespread chaos.

“Clearly this creates confusion in an election cycle that is only a few weeks away. Furthermore, it distorts the respective roles of Congress, the States, and the courts,” the filing argues.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (left) and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita (right) led the filing, which was joined by AGs from 25 other states

The letter states that the Colorado court exceeded its authority by banning Trump from the presidency.

Beyond the Constitution's clear age, residency and citizenship requirements, the decision on who can serve as president rests first with the voters to choose a president, and then with Congress under the power of impeachment, the lawsuit argues. letter.

If the Colorado decision remains in place, future presidential elections would result in state court battles over the eligibility of candidates, the letter argued.

“Many Americans will become convinced that a few partisan actors have managed to take a political decision out of the hands of ordinary voters,” the report said.

“The Court must act now to prevent all these 'strange, far-reaching and harmful results' from spiraling out of control,” the filing said.

The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether Trump can be kept off the ballot over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.

The court will examine for the first time the meaning and scope of a provision of the 14th Amendment that bars certain people who were “involved in the insurrection” from holding public office.

The amendment was passed in 1868, after the Civil War. It has been used so rarely that the nation's highest court has not previously had the opportunity to interpret it.

The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether Trump can be kept off the ballot over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled last month by a 4-3 vote that Trump cannot participate in the Republican primaries. the first time the 14th Amendment was used to keep a presidential candidate off the ballot.

Trump is separately appealing to the court against Democratic Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' ruling that he was ineligible to appear on that state's ballot over his role in the attack on the Capitol.

Both the Colorado Supreme Court and the Maine Secretary of State's ruling have been stayed until the appeals are completed.

Trump responded to the Supreme Court's decision to hear the Colorado case at a campaign rally in Iowa by saying, “All I want is fair.” I just hope they'll be honest.'