Lawsuit to keep Trump off Colorado ballot will taint the election and bolster Trump’s claims

Six Coloradans, including four Republicans, aided by a national leftwing activist group recently filed a lawsuit in Denver District Court, seeking to compel Secretary of State Jena Griswold to disqualify Donald Trump from Colorado’s presidential primary ballot.

The lawsuit is a meritless legal ploy that rivals John Eastman’s hare-brained scheme to hijack the Electoral College for Trump’s benefit. It should be summarily dismissed.

In today’s political climate, too many activists believe the ends justify the means, especially where Donald Trump is involved. But the right to due process applies even to murderers and rapists so it surely applies to Donald Trump, too.

As a Republican who desperately wants my party to end its cultish relationship with the 45th president, I know that…