Justice Samour says he's concerned about a broad definition of "insurrection"From CNN's Marshall Cohen
In another potentially promising sign for former President Donald Trump, one of the Colorado justices signaled that he thinks the trial court defined “insurrection” too broadly.
Trump argued that the trial judge got it wrong and improperly labeled January 6, 2021, as an "insurrection" – and asked the state supreme court to overturn that finding.
Here is what District Judge Sarah Wallace concluded about the definition of insurrection: “An insurrection as used in Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment is (1) a public use of force or threat of force (2) by a group of people (3) to hinder or prevent execution of the Constitution of the United States.”
Justice Carlos Samour said Wednesday, “I’m expressing a concern about the definition of insurrection that the district court adopted. It strikes me as somewhat or potentially overbroad.”
An attorney for the challengers, Eric Olson, argued that Wallace had the right definition. In response to Samour’s questions, Olson emphasized that private threats from individuals wouldn’t rise to the level of an insurrection – but that January 6 was a very public incident with hopes of undermining the national democracy.
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/colorado-trump-14th-amendment-12-06-23/h_6eca1b7022487053862b7e31610bc193
