The Supreme Court issued a ruling on Monday that determined the state of Colorado cannot remove former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot this week.
All nine justices agreed with the decision. Colorado’s primary is set to take place on Tuesday, March 5.
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Colorado voters challenged Trump’s eligibility over his actions leading up to the U.S. Capitol breach on January 6, 2021.
The Colorado Supreme Court issued a 4-3 ruling in December that found Trump to be disqualified from holding the office of the presidency.
Citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, an insurrection clause dating back to the Civil War, the ruling said Trump should not appear on the primary ballot.
Two other states — Maine and Illinois — have moved to bump Trump from the ballot, but the Supreme Court decision on Monday should end those efforts as well.
“States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency,” the Supreme Court said.
In filing an appeal to the Supreme Court in January, lawyers for Trump argued that justices should reverse the Colorado decision and “return the right to vote for their candidate of choice to the voters.”
The justices reportedly appeared skeptical of the effort to remove Trump from the ballot when they heard oral arguments last month.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, reacted to the ruling on Monday with a post to X.
“I am disappointed in the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision stripping states of the authority to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment for federal candidates,” Griswold said. “Colorado should be able to bar oath-breaking insurrections from our ballot.”
Trump, who is running for another term in the White House for a second time this year, is the clear GOP frontrunner as he holds a wide delegate lead over his next closest rival, Nikki Haley.
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In a separate matter, the Supreme Court announced on Wednesday that it was taking up the issue of whether Trump can invoke presidential immunity to shield himself from federal prosecution in a 2020 election case brought by special counsel Jack Smith.
The Supreme Court scheduled an oral argument for the week of April 22, 2024, raising doubts among legal experts that a trial in the case brought by Smith could be held before the election in November.