US Supreme Court strikes down effort to disqualify Trump from Colorado primary election

US Supreme Court docket strikes down effort to disqualify Trump from Colorado main election – BBC Information

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The US Supreme Court docket has struck down efforts by particular person states to bar Donald Trump from operating as a presidential candidate for November’s election
Justices unanimously overruled Colorado’s resolution to disqualify Trump from the Republican main poll
Judges within the state had cited an anti-insurrection clause within the US Structure to ban Trump; comparable makes an attempt have been made in Illinois and Maine
Part 3 of the 14th Modification bans anybody who has “engaged in riot or insurrection” from workplace
The Colorado ruling pointed to Trump’s actions across the 6 January assault on the Capitol by his supporters
However of their resolution introduced on Monday morning, justices dominated that solely Congress has the ability to implement the supply, not states
Republican voters in Colorado and greater than a dozen different states will go to the polls on Tuesday to select the celebration’s presidential nominee