Former President Donald Trump filed the petition and asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that barred him from running for office in Colorado. (Photo: Slate)
Former President Trump Seeks High-Stakes Showdown in Bid to Overturn Ballot Exclusion
Former President Donald Trump filed the petition and asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that barred him from running for office in Colorado. Trump was implicated in the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, thus the Colorado Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that he could not run. That ruling relied on 14th Amendment Section 3.
The case raises the question of whether Trump’s political career will end due to a constitutional ban on “engaged in insurrection” politicians. First time in U.S. history, Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was utilized to bar a presidential candidate. Trump’s appeal is more critical because the Supreme Court has never ruled on this Constitutional provision.
After Maine’s Democratic Secretary of State, Shenna Bellows, declared Trump unfit to appear on the ballot owing to his role in the Capitol attack, Trump’s legal team filed an unusual appeal. The Colorado Supreme Court’s and Maine Secretary of State’s decisions are on hold pending appeals.
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As Trump’s actions ripple across the nation, these legal disputes will exacerbate political unrest. The U.S. Supreme Court must consider Trump’s actions and their political implications in the coming days.
Recent events speed the clash between the Capitol attack’s legal consequences and Trump’s political ambitions. The nation anxiously awaits the conclusion of this landmark judicial dispute.
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