The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that former President Donald Trump will be allowed to stand in the Colorado presidential primary on Tuesday.
Colorado had the former president removed from its ballot for the primary under a 14th Amendment insurrection clause, citing the Washington D.C. riot of January 6, 2021, in which five people died.
Section 3 of the 14th Amendment bars federal, state and military officials who have engaged in “insurrection or rebellion” against the United States from holding office again.
The state maintained that Trump’s actions and rhetoric on the day of the riot, urging his supporters to march on the Capitol, constituted insurrection.
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