The Supreme Court appeared ready Thursday to rule for Donald Trump in a challenge from Colorado voters seeking to bar him from appearing on the state’s primary ballot over his efforts to stay in power after his 2020 election loss.
Over more than two hours of oral arguments, the justices expressed concerns over several key arguments in support of the historic election case, in which the Colorado Supreme Court found Trump was disqualified from the presidency under the 14th Amendment.
The state court had cited Trump’s conduct in the lead-up to and during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, but the Supreme Court on Thursday spent much more time on whether states have the power to disqualify nationwide candidates or whether Congress must weigh in on the issue.
