Van Duyne and Colleagues File Amicus in Controversial Trump Colorado Case

Texas Representatives Beth Van Duyne (R), Steve Scalise (R) and Ted Cruz (R) and over 130 of their colleagues recently filed a Supreme Court amicus brief in the Donald J. Trump v. Norma Anderson, et al case.

The amici curiae are allowed to submit information to the court that they believe is of value to the case. However, it does not mean that the information, or amicus brief, will be taken into consideration, as that is the court's decision to accept or not.

“The United States Supreme Court has a responsibility to undo a gross injustice and abuse of the law perpetrated by the Colorado Supreme Court. A foundation of our Constitutional Republic is the American people are allowed to support, promote, and vote for candidates in free and fair elections. Ironically, extremists in the Democrat party are doing what they have accused Republicans of doing: putting tyranny and dictatorial control over the right to vote and fair ballot access. It's time the United States Supreme Court sends a message to all the radical, Leftist bureaucrats that they do not get to unilaterally decide to remove a candidate from the ballot," said Rep. Van Duyne.

House Majority Leader Scalise blamed President Joe Biden (D) for the state of Colorado’s decision to ban Trump from the state’s ballots. Biden has mostly stayed out of the decision and stated that he will leave the decision to the Supreme Court of the United States.

“President Biden has based his reelection effort on the notion that he is safeguarding democracy, but he and his radical allies are attempting to undermine the central component of the democratic process – the people’s power to choose their leaders through elections. Not only does the Colorado Supreme Court have no authority to remove President Trump from the ballot in the 2024 presidential election, but the broad and ill-defined justifications they use can easily be abused in the future to block political opponents from assuming office. By taking away people’s choice, the Colorado Supreme Court is setting a dangerous precedent and subverting the will of the American people. I’m proud to lead this amicus effort with Senator Cruz to stand up for American voters and our Constitution, and I urge the Supreme Court to thoughtfully consider our arguments and reverse this disastrous decision,” said Rep. Scalise.

Using similar language as his Trump-supporting GOP colleagues, Sen. Cruz, who has faced recent blowback for his tweet in which he was accused of mocking the deaths of Texans who died in the state’s 2021 winter power outage, stated his opposition to Colorado’s ruling.

“The radical left consistently does what they claim their opponents are doing. While President Biden and his allies claim they are defending democracy, their supporters are working to undermine democracy by banning Biden’s likely general election opponent from appearing on the ballot. The American people see through this, and I’m confident the Supreme Court will as well. I’m proud to work with Leader Scalise and our fellow legislators to defend the Constitution’s separation of powers, and the ability of the American people to decide who their next president will be,” said Sen. Cruz.