Oregon’s Supreme Court issued a decision Friday morning not to hear a case challenging former President Donald Trump’s eligibility on the 2024 presidential ballot based on a provision of the 14th Amendment, ruling the state had no law barring Trump from the ballot, but keeping the door open for the court to revisit the case after the U.S. Supreme Court rules on a Colorado case prohibiting Trump from running.
Oregon's Supreme Court ruled on Friday not to bar former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ... [+]
The ruling in Oregon stems from a lawsuit filed by left-wing advocacy group Free Speech for People, which argued Trump should not be listed on the 2024 primary ballot because of a provision in the 14th Amendment prohibiting people who previously took an oath of office and “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the U.S. government.
The court’s ruling upholds a November decision by Oregon’s Democratic Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade, who said no provision of Oregon state law gives her the “authority to determine the qualifications of candidates in the presidential primary.”
Trump had been disqualified from the ballot in Colorado on that provision of the 14th Amendment, though Trump’s legal team asked the U.S. Supreme to overturn the ruling, and the nation’s highest court said last week it would determine whether Trump is eligible to appear on the primary ballot in the state.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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