US Supreme Court rules Donald Trump can remain on Colorado primary ballot, overturning lower court ban on Capitol riot
- The justices reversed a decision by Colorado’s top court to kick Trump off the state’s Republican primary ballot after finding the 14th Amendment disqualified him
- Section 3 of the Amendment bars from office any officer of the US who took an oath ‘to support the Constitution’ and then ‘engaged in insurrection or rebellion’
The US Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory on Monday as he campaigns to regain the presidency, overturning a judicial decision that had excluded him from Colorado’s ballot under a constitutional provision involving insurrection for inciting and supporting the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
The justices unanimously reversed a December 19 decision by Colorado’s top court to kick Trump off the state’s Republican primary ballot on Tuesday after finding that the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment disqualified him from again holding public office.
Trump hailed the decision as a “big win” for the United States.
“BIG WIN FOR AMERICA!!!” the former president, posted on his website, Truth Social.
Trump is the front runner for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden in the November 5 US election.
His only remaining rival for his party’s nomination is former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.