The Supreme Court will hear the arguments in former President Donald Trump’s Colorado primary ballot case. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump could be removed under the 14th Amendment.
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A ruling will come in days or weeks. SCOTUS agreed to the expedited case since the primary is March 5 and Colorado needs to print ballots.
SCOTUS has to consider if Trump is eligible but also:
– Whether state courts or elected state officials can unilaterally enforce constitutional provisions and declare candidates ineligible for federal office — so-called “self-executing” authority — or is that exclusively the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress. Also, whether Trump can be disqualified without a thorough fact-finding or criminal trial.– Whether this issue is a purely “political” one that voters should ultimately decide.– Whether the U.S. Senate’s acquittal at his impeachment trial over Jan. 6 makes him therefore eligible to seek re-election.– And whether Section 3 prohibits individuals only from “holding” office, not from “seeking or winning” election to office.
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