Former US President Donald Trump welcomes the decision by the US Supreme Court barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under a constitutional provision involving insurrection and reverses Colorado’s exclusion of him from its ballot.
The justices hand Trump a major victory when they unanimously overturn a December 19 decision by Colorado’s top court to kick the former president off the state’s Tuesday Republican primary ballot after finding that the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment disqualifies him from again holding public office. The Colorado court finds that Trump takes part in an insurrection for inciting and supporting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol by his supporters.
The 14th Amendment’s Section 3 bars from office any “officer of the United States” who takes an oath “to support the Constitution of the United States” and then “engages in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or gives aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”
The justices determine that only Congress can enforce the constitutional provision against federal officeholders and candidates. But four of the nine justices, including the court’s three liberal members, fault the rest of the court for announcing rules limiting how the provision may be enforced in the future.
The ruling comes five days after the justices agree to decide Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution on charges related to trying to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden. The court, whose 6-3 conservative majority includes three Trump appointees,
The ruling is issued on the eve of Super Tuesday, the day in the US presidential primary cycle when the most states hold party nominating contests.
Trump is also barred from the ballot in Maine and Illinois based on the 14th Amendment. Those decisions are put on hold pending the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Colorado case.
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