The Supreme Court turned away a case on Monday from a long-shot 2024 presidential candidate seeking to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the ballot.

Justices rejected an appeal by John Anthony Castro, a Texas-based tax consultant also running for the Republican nomination for next November's general election. Castro cited Trump's actions on the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol as a reason to nullify Trump's eligibility under the 14th Amendment, citing language that bars anyone who "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" from holding public office.

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Castro filed the lawsuit in Florida federal court but sought to have Trump declared ineligible to pursue public office and block him from appearing on the ballot in every state. The high court will likely have to decide on this question again as other litigation pitting Trump's reelection bid and the constitutional amendment is percolating in lower courts.

Numerous challenges to Trump's reelection effort, including Castro's challenge, have cited Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, specifically the portion that bars any person who has taken an oath "to support the Constitution of the United States" and then "engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof." He has also filed lawsuits in at least 11 states to disqualify Trump.

The amendment was ratified in the post-Civil War era and has been cited in a handful of challenges against Republican allies of the former president, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). A judge ruled she was eligible for reelection last year, noting the group that filed the suit did not produce enough evidence to indicate Greene's actions before, during, and after the riot aided an insurrection in violation of the Constitution.

A federal judge dismissed Castro's lawsuit in June, finding that he couldn't show legal injury, which prompted him to appeal to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court.

Similar challenges are underway in Colorado, Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma federal courts.

Trump, considered the front-runner for the GOP nomination, said there is "no legal basis or standing" to the 14th Amendment challenge playing out in lower courts.

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"Almost all legal scholars have voiced opinions that the 14th Amendment has no legal basis or standing relative to the upcoming 2024 Presidential Election," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post late last month.

The Supreme Court denied the case among dozens in its first orders list of the new term.