Supreme Court’s ruling keeps Trump on state ballots. Then what?
by Peter Grier
Mar 04, 2024
3 minutes
Former President Donald Trump’s name will stay on the Colorado primary ballot.
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled the state cannot strike him from its list of presidential candidates on grounds he engaged in insurrection by trying to overturn the 2020 election.
For all practical purposes, the unanimous ruling ends state-by-state attempts to rule Mr. Trump ineligible for the White House under a long-dormant clause of the 14th Amendment that bars insurrectionists from public office.
But some legal experts say that the decision left important aspects of the issue unresolved as to how
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