Members of the press stake out outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., the United States, on March 4, 2024. U.S. Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled that former President Donald Trump can remain on the primary ballot in Colorado, rejecting the state's disqualification ...
Washington —The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said states cannot bar former President Donald Trump from the ballot using a rarely invoked provision of the 14th Amendment, overturning a decision from Colorado's top court and handing the GOP presidential front-runner a victory in anunprecedented ca...
Trump asked the justices to overturn an unprecedented Colorado Supreme Court decision deeming him ineligible to appear on the state's GOP primary ballot because, it said, he "engaged in insurrection." Trump has long denied any wrongdoing. The legal battle centers on a previously obsc...
Trump’s lawyers plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision Tuesday by the Colorado Supreme Court barring him from that state's ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits anyone who swore an oath to support the Constitution and then "engaged in insurrection...
The Colorado court's ruling was addressed specifically at the Republican primary in the state. It remains to be seen whether the Supreme Court feels it would need to take up the issue once that filing deadline has passed with Trump remaining on the ballot. ...
‘Supreme Court doesn’t want to do the right thing’: Top Dem slams Colorado ballot ban questioning 07:21 Share this - Copied The Supreme Court on Thursday heard the question of whether the state of Colorado can keep the former president, Donald Trump, who that state found credibly liable...
The Supreme Court has restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting attempts in Colorado, Illinois, and Maine to hold the former Republican president accountable for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. (March 4) 2 of 7 | A unanimous Supreme Court ruling restored former Pr...
Krista Kafer, a former Republican congressional aide who is one of the plaintiffs suing to remove Trump from the Colorado ballot, entered the Supreme Court’s chambers and thought back to the last time she was in the room, 25 years ago. She watched Justice Thomas chat with a group of law...
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled against Trump on all of those matters. Other legal challenges The challenges to the former president's eligibility in Colorado and Maine are among efforts pursued in more than 30 states that aimed to keep Trump off the ballot, though they have been the only tw...
The Supreme Court signaled Thursday it is poised to back former President Donald Trump and fend off a blockbuster challenge to his eligibility to appear on Colorado’s ballot. Here are key takeaways from Thursday’s oral arguments: Conservatives suggest several ways to side with Trump: Through...