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[quote=Anonymous]14th Amendment:

[b]Section 3. No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.[/b][i]

It does not say anything about criminal conviction.  In Colorado, the State Supreme Court held a trial of due process and made a legal determination and ruling that he had indeed engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, so the condition is satisfied for him to be disqualified.

Who may appear on a state ballot is set by [i]state[/i] law.  [i]Federal [/i]law only dictates [i]the time and place[/i] of the election, NOT who may or may not appear on the ballot.  Neither Congress nor SCOTUS have any jurisdiction over state law where it comes to who may or may not appear on a ballot.  That's solely a matter up to state legislatures and state courts.[/quote]

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