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Donald Trump brings fight to stay on Colorado’s Republican ballot to US Supreme Court
- Supreme Court to weigh Colorado decision to remove Donald Trump from state ballot
- Case carries high stakes not only for the former president, but also for the justices
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Donald Trump’s lawyers on Thursday bring his fight against a campaign to kick him off state presidential ballots for his actions involving the 2021 Capitol attack to the US Supreme Court in a case with major implications for the November election.
The nine justices, three of whom Trump appointed, will hear arguments in his appeal of a lower court’s decision to disqualify him from Colorado’s Republican presidential primary ballot under the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment after finding that he participated in an insurrection.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment bars from holding public office any “officer of the United States” who took an oath “to support the Constitution of the United States” and then “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof”.
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Trump is not expected to be present at the arguments scheduled for 10am (11pm Hong Kong time).
Instead, he plans to start his day at his Florida home and travel to Nevada, according to a source familiar with his plans.
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