Meet the four judges who threw Donald Trump off the ballot in Colorado

Former President Donald Trump was barred from appearing on the state's 2024 ballot thanks to four Democratic-appointed judges.

Colorado Supreme Court Justices Melissa Hart, Monica Marquez, William Hood and Richard Gabriel formed the majority of a vote that Found on December 19 that Trump participated in an insurrection on January 6, 2021 and was therefore disqualified under the Fourteenth Amendment from appearing on the Colorado ballot.

Hart has given nearly $20,000 to Democrats running in federal elections since 2008, seconds in the records of the Federal Election Commission, by far the most of any of his colleagues. He gave thousands more to Democrats at the state level, seconds in records maintained by the Colorado Secretary of State.

Hood, meanwhile, has given more than $5,000 to Democratic candidates and groups, seconds in Ballotpedia. He also hosted a campaign event for former Colorado Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter.

The other two justices who voted in favor of Trump's strike also donated to Democrats. Marquez gave $115 to Obama and Gabriel gave $600 to several Democrats running for federal office, according to FEC records.

None of the Colorado Supreme Court justices, who were also appointed by Democrats, who decided not to impeach Trump, donated to Democratic candidates for federal office, seconds in the FEC records.

Hart currently works as a professor at the University of Colorado School of Law.

As a teacher, she published articles arguing that racial discrimination is a major problem in the workplace and that existing laws do not do enough to combat it, as well as the roles arguing that women are discriminated against by law, specifically on the alleged gender wage gap in the field.

Hart and his colleagues draw six-figure salaries for their work on the Colorado Supreme Court, seconds to declare records.

Marquez, Harti Gabriel, all of whom attended Ivy League law schools, voted to remove Trump from the ballot. judges Brian Boatright, Carlos Samouri Maria Berkenkotterfor their part, they are graduates of the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and voted against removing Trump from the Colorado ballot.

hood he was the only vote to remove Trump from the ballot who did not attend an Ivy League law school.

Marquez, Hart and Hood all direct the Center for Legal Inclusiveness' “Bench Dream Team,” where they aim to “increase diversity on the Colorado bench.” The Center for Legal Inclusion cross in the importance of getting more women and non-white people into the law.

Marquez he also belongs to the Colorado LGBT Bar Association and the Colorado Hispanic Bar Association. She previously served as chair of the Denver Mayor's GLBT Commission.

Marquez is the first openly gay person to serve on the Colorado Supreme Court. seconds in the Denver Post.

The Supreme Court of Colorado Removed the phone numbers of the judges' offices after Trump's sentencing. The numbers can still be accessed through a website archive.

Judges Gabriel, Hart, Hood and Marquez did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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