Donald Trump will remain on the ballot in Colorado for the 2024 presidential election, and that goes for every other state as well … something the Supreme Court just set in stone.
All nine Justices ruled unanimously Monday in favor of DT in his appeal against the State of Colorado — which had tried to boot him from their November ballot … citing the insurrection clause in the Constitution and deciding he had, in fact, participated in one on Jan. 6.
The high court didn’t weigh in on whether that was true or not … all they decided here was this issue of disbarring federal officials from office over an insurrection was for Congress to decide, and not for the States. In other words, they said Colorado misinterpreted the law.
They write in their opinion … “For the reasons given, responsibility for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates rests with Congress and not the States.”
SCOTUS continues, “The judgment of the Colorado Supreme Court there cannot stand.” They go on to say that Colorado’s decision to disqualify Trump is now reversed, and that’ll obviously set a precedent with other states that attempted to do this in recent months too.
Maine and Illinois also barred Trump from appearing on their ballots — citing the same insurrection clause — but now that the Supreme Court has weighed in … they lose as well.
It’s a rare W for The Donald these days … he’s been taking a lot of L’s — but here, he emerges victorious … and will have a shot to compete for the presidency fair and square.