Former President Donald Trump filed a motion on Friday requesting that his 14th Amendment case in Colorado be moved from state to federal court.

The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a lawsuit in district court in Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday on behalf of Republican and independent citizens who believe the former president should be disqualified from the 2024 presidential ballot in the state under the 14th Amendment.

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Legal counsel for Trump said in a notice of removal, according to ABC News, "There is an urgent public interest in promptly resolving whether Trump is constitutionally eligible to serve as president in advance of the approaching primary election."

However, the office of Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold responded to Trump's notice and said that the state courts were "well suited" to answer 14th Amendment questions and that the office is "exploring legal options."

The lawsuit in Colorado is part of a widespread effort from people on both sides of the aisle to keep Trump off the ballot, with similar initiatives floating around states like New Hampshire, Arizona, Michigan, and Florida.

Free Speech for People, a legal advocacy group, sent letters to top election officials across nine states last month asking them to keep Trump from the ballot.

Some conservative legal scholars and critics of the former president say the 14th Amendment bars those who’ve taken an oath to support the Constitution from holding office again if they’ve “engaged in insurrection” against the United States or “given aid or comfort” to its enemies.

Advocacy groups believe Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election, for which he is facing state and federal indictments, meet that criteria. He has denied any wrongdoing in either case.

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Trump has called the efforts to remove him a political "trick" with no legal standing.

"The people who are pursuing this absurd conspiracy theory and political attack on President Trump are stretching the law beyond recognition much like the political prosecutors in New York, Georgia, and DC," Steven Cheung, spokesperson for Trump's campaign, said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. "There is no legal basis for this effort except in the minds of those who are pushing it."