Colorado voters seeking to keep Trump off ballot urge Supreme Court to decide his eligibility for office

Washington — A group of Colorado voters who are seeking to keep former President Donald Trump off the state's Republican primary ballot have called for the Supreme Court to step in and decide whether he is constitutionally eligible for the presidency.

In a filing with the justices Tuesday, lawyers for the four Republican and two unaffiliated voters said the case before the nation's highest court is of the "utmost importance." They said the issue warrants quick action so the question of whether Trump is disqualified under a 155-year-old constitutional provision is decided when they cast their primary ballots.

The voters urged the Supreme Court to take up an appeal from the Colorado Republican Party, but asked the justices to decide only whether the Constitution's so-called insurrection clause covers former presidents and whether states have the authority to enforce the provision absent federal legislation.