United StatesWorld Trump wins Colorado ballot disqualification case at US Supreme Court by Barbados Today 04/03/2024 written by Barbados Today Updated by Brittany Brewster 04/03/2024 1 min read A+A- Reset FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures on stage during a campaign rally in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. March 2, 2024. REUTERS/Jay Paul Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 1.1K Source: WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory on Monday, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under a constitutional provision involving insurrection and reversing Colorado’s exclusion of him from its ballot. The justices unanimously overturned a Dec. 19 decision by Colorado’s top court to kick the former president off the state’s Tuesday Republican primary ballot after finding that the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment disqualified him from again holding public office. The Colorado court had found that Trump took part in an insurrection for inciting and supporting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. The justices determined that only Congress can enforce the constitutional provision against federal officeholders and candidates. But four of the nine justices, including the court’s three liberal members, faulted the rest of the court for announcing rules limiting how the provision may be enforced in the future. Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden in the Nov. 5 U.S. election. His only remaining rival for his party’s nomination is former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Barbados Today Stay informed and engaged with our digital news platform. The leading online multimedia news resource in Barbados for news you can trust. You may also like A$AP Rocky, Rihanna share emotional hug after not guilty verdict is read... 18/02/2025 Delta jet flips upside down on a snowy Toronto runway and all... 18/02/2025 At least 10 dead in US floods and heavy rain 17/02/2025