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    Supreme Court considers whether Trump can be removed from a primary ballot

    The dispute comes from Colorado — but it could have national implications for Trump and his political fate.
    by Carrie Johnson Feb 08, 2024 5 minutes
    The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in a case Thursday about whether former President Donald Trump can be disqualified from state ballots. The case has profound implications for the 2024 elections.
    Updated February 8, 2024 at 11:46 AM ET

    The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing a historic case that could upend the presidential election, with the justices on the conservative-supermajority court appearing skeptical of the effort to disqualify Republican front-runner Donald Trump from a state primary ballot because he allegedly engaged in an insurrection to try to cling to power, after he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden.

    The dispute comes from Colorado, where the state Supreme Court threw Trump off its GOP primary ballot. But the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling could have national implications for Trump and his political fate.

    The plaintiffs in the case argue that Trump's actions in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election automatically disqualify him from office. Trump's lawyers counter that the case against him is one of overreach.

    Legal scholars say the court's failure to act in time would "place the nation in great

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