US: Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot rejecting state attempts to ban him

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March 5, 2024

The Supreme Court of the United States on Monday restored former President Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack.

The court ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states, without action from Congress first, cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to keep presidential candidates from appearing on ballots.

The outcome ends efforts in Colorado, Illinois, Maine and elsewhere to kick Trump, the front-runner for his party’s nomination, off the ballot.

Trump had been kicked off the ballots in Colorado, Maine and Illinois, but all three rulings were on hold awaiting the Supreme Court’s decision.

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