The US Supreme Court found on Monday that former President Donald Trump cannot be disqualified from the primary elections in Colorado, and that removing his name from the ballots is against the law. This is a matter for Congress, not the member states.
With its current decision, the federal Supreme Court overruled the earlier decision of the Colorado State Supreme Court.
According to the findings of the federal Supreme Court, which also plays the role of the constitutional court, the US constitution does not allow a member state to exclude a presidential candidate running for federal office.
This falls under the jurisdiction of the Congress, not the member states, the tribunal's decision reads.
"Big win for America!!!" Donald Trump wrote on social media after the current decision.
In the state of Colorado, the primary election of the Republican Party will be held on March 5, the so-called Super Tuesday, when Republican and Democratic voters in more than a dozen federal states can decide who they want to see as their presidential candidate. At the beginning of January, the head of Colorado's public administration approved the inclusion of Donald Trump's name on the ballots, on the condition that the votes cast for him should be disregarded if the Supreme Court upholds the decision of December 19 of last year to disqualify the former president.
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Cover photo: Former US President Donald Trump, candidate for the presidential nomination of the Republican Party, at a campaign meeting held in Waterford Township, Michigan on February 17, 2024.
The presidential election will be held on November 5 in the United States. MTI/EPA/Tess Crowley
