COLORADO SUPREME COURT Ralph A. Carr Judicial Center 2 East 14th Avenue, Denver, CO 80203

The District Court also determined that the President of the United States is not “an officer of the United States” for purposes of the Disqualification Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. [...] Amici respectfully submit that the District Court correctly decided the issue of Trump’s engagement in insurrection, but incorrectly decided the question of whether the President is “an officer of the United States.” Whether the findings and conclusions of the District Court are ultimately affirmed or reversed, amici respectfully urge this Court to keep the focus of the appeal fixed upon the subst. [...] Trump’s qualification for the ballot multiply across the country, time is of the essence in ensuring that the critical questions of his qualification or disqualification from the office of the Presidency are placed before the Supreme Court of the United States for decision on their merits as soon as possible. [...] The understanding that the President is “an officer of the United States” extends not only to the time of the drafting of the Fourteenth Amendment; it extends to the drafting and ratification of the Constitution itself. [...] Trump engaged in insurrection against the Constitution of the United States, and that the Court REVERSE the finding of the District Court that the office of the Presidency is not an “office…under the United States” and the President is not “an officer of the United States” for purposes of the Disqualification Clause.