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LARP Justice Remarkl delivered the opinion of the Court.
The courts of Colorado have found that Petitioner is ineligible to be President of the United States by reason of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (hereinafter “Section 3”). Having so found, the Supreme Court of Colorado has directed the Secretary of State to remove petitioner’s name from the Republican primary ballot. Petitioner asks us to order the Secretary to reinstate Petitioner’s name or to take other steps that might lead to its being reinstated. We cannot do that.
Our decision is based on the wording and structure of the Constitution as well as our role as an Article III court. The relevant Constitutional provisions are these:
Article 1, Section 1
The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when…