In a recent development, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled to keep former President Donald Trump on the primary ballot for the 2024 election. The decision has left the door open for a potential challenge to Trump's eligibility after the primary. While this ruling does not explicitly address whether Trump engaged in insurrection or whether Michigan can disqualify him under the 14th Amendment, it reaffirms that challenges to a candidate's eligibility can only be made after the primary.
Trump wasted no time celebrating the decision on social media, calling the efforts to remove him from the ballot a 'pathetic gambit to rig the election.' However, the legal battle is far from over. Similar attempts to disqualify Trump in Minnesota were also unsuccessful. Yet, those rulings, like Michigan's, merely deferred judgment until after the primary.
