Patrick Morrisey and Todd Rokita, the Republican attorneys general, respectively, for West Virginia and Indiana, are leading an effort by 19 states to defend former President Donald Trump’s right to appear on Colorado’s ballot for the 2024 election.
The coalition filed an amicus brief Wednesday with the Colorado Supreme Court that asserts the Constitution gives Congress, not the courts, authority to decide who is eligible to run for federal office.
“We need to protect the integrity of our elections, and actions like this undermine the right of the citizens to choose who they want to represent them in every level of government,” Morrisey said in a news release. “This is a very simple argument: Congress gets to decide on matters like this.”
