

In a unanimous decision Monday morning, the Supreme Court tossed out a Colorado court decision that barred Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s Republican presidential primary ballot. The lower court had based its decision on a provision in the 14th Amendment related to people who engage in insurrection.
In their 9-0 ruling, the Supremes concluded that “states have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency.”
The decision ensures that no other state will be able to bar Trump from the presidential ballot by invoking the insurrection clause in the Constitution.
After Colorado removed Trump from the ballot, two other states, Maine and Illinois, did the same.
The decision in Trump’s favor was not a surprise, as even the Court’s liberal justices appeared skeptical of the Colorado Supreme Court’s rationale for disqualifying Trump during oral arguments on February 8.
“I think that the question that you have to confront is why a single state should decide who gets to be president of the United States,” Justice Elena Kagan said during the hearing.
The court’s ruling comes a day before Super Tuesday, when sixteen states, including Colorado, will hold primary elections.