Former President Donald Trump is planning to challenge decisions in Colorado and Maine to boot him off primary ballots as early as Tuesday — and is reportedly concerned that some conservative judges on the Supreme Court may rule against him.
Trump’s advisors plan to file legal challenges in response to both states separately ruling the presumptive Republican frontrunner for the 2024 presidential election is ineligible based on an “insurrection” clause in the 14th Amendment and his actions leading up to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 the New York Times reported.
In Maine, Trump’s camp is expected to challenge in state court the secretary of state’s decision blocking him from the ballot.
However, the Colorado ruling, made by that state’s highest court, will be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which is expected to face pressure to weigh in on the matter.
Trump has privately told some people he thinks the Supreme Court -— to which he appointed three conservative justices creating a Republican supermajority — will overwhelmingly rule in his favor, a source told The Times.
But he is also worried that the conservative judges will be concerned about “being perceived as ‘political,” — and might rule against him, according to the outlet which cited a source with direct knowledge of his private comments.