In historic case, justices look ready to return Trump to ballot
In a historic oral argument today, the U.S. Supreme Court appeared likely to overturn a state court ruling barring former President Donald Trump from its primary ballot.
No U.S. court had ever issued such a decision. Then, in December the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Mr. Trump – the current front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination – is disqualified by Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. That provision, adopted in the aftermath of the Civil War, holds that no one who “engages in insurrection” against the United States can hold public office.
The case argued today, Trump v. Anderson, poses a simple question: Did the Colorado Supreme Court err
