Supreme Court rules Trump can't be kicked off Primary ballot
Mar 4, 2024 15:37:18 GMT
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Mar 4, 2024 15:37:18 GMT
Former President Donald Trump was handed a major victory on Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he cannot be excluded from Colorado's primary election ballot over his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The decision comes after Trump appealed the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to disqualify him under the so-called “insurrection clause” of the U.S. Constitution.
In a decision made down to the wire, just one day before Colorado voters head to the polls on Super Tuesday, the justices reversed Colorado's decision in a unanimous 9-0 ruling.
"Because the Constitution makes Congress, rather than the States, responsible for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates, we reverse," the justices wrote.
The highly anticipated ruling provides clarity as to who will appear on the ballot, not just for voters in Colorado on the eve they head to the polls on Super Tuesday, but also in Illinois and Maine, where voters had also petitioned for Trump to be disqualified from the ballot in those states, also citing the insurrection clause.
www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-rules-trump-cannot-be-kicked-off-colorado-primary-ballot-150547297.html
The decision comes after Trump appealed the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to disqualify him under the so-called “insurrection clause” of the U.S. Constitution.
In a decision made down to the wire, just one day before Colorado voters head to the polls on Super Tuesday, the justices reversed Colorado's decision in a unanimous 9-0 ruling.
"Because the Constitution makes Congress, rather than the States, responsible for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates, we reverse," the justices wrote.
The highly anticipated ruling provides clarity as to who will appear on the ballot, not just for voters in Colorado on the eve they head to the polls on Super Tuesday, but also in Illinois and Maine, where voters had also petitioned for Trump to be disqualified from the ballot in those states, also citing the insurrection clause.
www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-rules-trump-cannot-be-kicked-off-colorado-primary-ballot-150547297.html
