So a CO judge makes this determination even though the act occurred in DC, where the court has no jurisdiction? Democracy is so fucked if this stands.

Do you not understand how the constitution works?

The case is about the court's home state ballot so in that sense they do have jurisdiction. The Colorado court isn't ruling on the Wyoming ballots, for example. Litigators in other jurisdictions can refer to the Colorado finding in their own cases.

Congress's role in the context of the 14th amendment is explicitly laid out. If SCOTUS wants to argue that the Colorado ruling isn't binding then the only remaining constitutional remedy is a Congressional vote to remove Trump's disability, meaning they have to vote to requalify him for office. Republicans can barely figure out how to put their slippers on in the morning let alone muster a 2/3 vote to forgive a traitor for trying to overthrow the country.

I think that the more concerning implication is that states are the ones that determine who should be allowed to run for president or not. This is messy and not cohesive, I don't think this sort of structure which we may be building is conductive to a healthy democracy. But we will have to see how far reaching these events reach.

Wind back the tape and Trump argued Ted Cruz should be off the ballot.

My point is that there are some candidates where this has been contested! McCain suffered a similar lawsuit.

This whole argument is dumb as neither of us are lawyers and 90% of people who are disagree with you.

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26765398