TRUMP UPDATE: SCOTUS Ballot Ban Case Legal Analysis

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided 9-0 that President Donald Trump will remain on the ballot – a victory for the ACLJ and election integrity. The ACLJ represented the Colorado GOP at the U.S. Supreme Court after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause gave the state the authority to remove the former President from the Colorado ballot.
In their opinion, the Justices wrote: “We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office. But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency.” In other words, the 14th Amendment has been forever removed as an avenue to disqualify future presidential candidates from election ballots.
We celebrate this victory for election integrity – in this election and in elections to come. Future presidential candidates won’t have to worry about what this election cycle has entailed. No more state-by-state confusion about the right of Americans to vote for their preferred candidates – the constitutional republic remains intact.