The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of Donald Trump and restored his name to 2024 presidential primary ballots by rejecting attempts by multiple states to hold him responsible the U.S. Capitol riot Jan. 6, 2021.
The ruling came down on Monday, with all nine members of the high court in agreement.
• The Supreme Court on Monday tossed out a Colorado court ruling that barred Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s Republican presidential primary ballot.
• The ruling means that no other state can bar Trump, or any other candidate, from a presidential ballot by invoking the insurrection clause in the Constitution.
• Colorado was the first of three states to block Trump from a primary ballot due to his alleged incitement of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, which disrupted the confirmation of the Electoral College victory of President Joe Biden.
• The U.S. Constitution says “no person” can serve as an officer of the United States who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the U.S. after taking an oath of federal office.
The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states, without action from Congress first, cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to keep presidential candidates from appearing on ballots.
I agree that States lack the power to enforce Section 3 against Presidential candidates,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett noted in the ruling. “That principle is sufficient to resolve this case, and I would decide no more than that.”
Big win for America,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, which is his social media platform.”
In a separate post, Trump noted that “the unhinged Democrat plan to erase my name crashed & burned.” He added that his fight to “make America great again is from from over,” as Democrats continue to pursue “endless with hunts” against him.
“They still want to fine me, arrest me, and stop me from running,” he noted, describing it as election interference.
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