“BIG WIN FOR AMERICA!!!”: TRUMP CANNOT BE REMOVED FROM PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT SAYS US SUPREME COURT

Tue 05 March 2024:

On Monday, the US Supreme Court decided that none of the 50 states could bar Donald Trump from running for president.

The Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to disallow the former president from running for the state’s Republican presidential primary was unanimously overturned by the nation’s highest court.

The state court claimed that Trump’s conduct during the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021, were covered by a provision in the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment about candidates who participate in insurrection. However, the Supreme Court overturned that ruling.

Colorado was the first of three states to block Trump from the primary ballot, but the former president’s name remained on the ballot while the case was being heard. Maine and Illinois were the other states that ruled to keep Trump off the ballot.

Monday’s ruling means that Trump will appear on all ballots. It comes at a crucial moment in the primary season with Super Tuesday up on Tuesday. That is when the most US states will hold their primaries or caucuses. This year, 15 states and one US territory will take part in Super Tuesday.

“We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office,” the ruling said. “But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency,” the Supreme Court said in it’s judgement.

“For the reasons given, responsibility for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates rests with Congress and not the States,” the ruling continued. “The judgment of the Colorado Supreme Court therefore cannot stand,” the court added.

The US Supreme Court ruling means that none of the 50 states can keep Trump off the ballot by invoking the insurrection clause.

Trump, who is the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, responded with a post on Truth Social that said, “BIG WIN FOR AMERICA!!!”

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