Trump Wins in Challenge to Ballot Eligibility

“The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that President Donald Trump should remain on Colorado’s primary ballot, rejecting a challenge to his eligibility for another term that could have upended the presidential race by taking him off ballots around the nation,” the New York Times reports.

“Though the justices offered different reasons, the decision was unanimous.”

“The decision was the court’s most important ruling concerning a presidential election since Bush v. Gore handed the presidency to George W. Bush in 2000.”

Rick Hasen: “But this is where the agreement among the justices ends. The Court majority goes out of its way to impose some very severe limits on how Congress may enforce Section 3 against an insurrectionist. This is complete dicta: that is, none of this was necessary to include to decide that a state cannot disqualify a federal officer under Section 3.”