U.S. Supreme Court restores presidential candidate Donald Trump to Colorado ballot

March 10, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in , reversing a decision that had deemed Donald Trump, the former U.S. president, ineligible for Colorado's 2024 presidential Republican  due to involvement in the. The justices ruled the responsibility to disqualify a presidential candidate under Section 3 of the to the U.S. Constitution "rests with Congress and not the States."

The central issue in the case was whether Donald Trump, a candidate for the Republican nomination, was correctly ruled ineligible by the Colorado Supreme Court. The Colorado court found Trump's actions constituted an insurrection in opposition to the U.S. Constitution, disqualifying him from being president.

No one may hold an office if they have taken an oath "to support the Constitution" while in certain roles but "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" against it following that, the Fourteenth Amendment stated.

The case began with a by voters from the state in September aiming to have Trump be denied. While Trump did commit insurrection, a in Colorado found, the president and presidency were not covered by Section 3. After the latter facet of the decision was overturned by the Colorado Supreme Court, Trump sought review from the U.S. Supreme Court.