A growing belief among legal scholars is that the final word on the possible removal of former President, Donald Trump, from various states' ballots, due to alleged participation in the events of January 6, 2021, could wind up landing on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court.

While the ex-president has yet to face formal charges or convictions that would legitimately label him a participant in an 'insurrection', a related proviso under the 14th Amendment has led to his removal from ballots in both Colorado and Maine.

The 14th Amendment, a historical piece of legislation birthed just after the Civil War, has created a conundrum that some states have chosen to act upon, while others have resisted. Interestingly, Michigan and Minnesota have denied attempts to delist Trump from their ballots. Likewise, California's secretary of state ruled against such an action last week, according to Newsmax.

As the mix of state decisions creates an unpredictable quilt of legal standing for the former president, The New York Times reports that Trump's attorneys are readying themselves to challenge Colorado and Maine's seemingly unilateral decisions. These actions could potentially result in the Supreme Court stepping in to resolve the issue definitively.

The debate about the Court's intervention isn't unanimous among the legal community though. A key difference pointed out by Doug Spencer, a law professor at the University of Colorado, differentiates between the reaction of the Supreme Court when it comes to disagreements among federal circuits versus state Supreme Courts.

Spencer told the Washington Examiner how the intervention likelihood increased after Colorado's decision, yet the divide among state Supreme Courts usually doesn't prompt the nation's highest court's interference, especially when state law serves as the deciding ground.

A growing belief among legal scholars is that the final word on the possible removal of former President, Donald Trump, from various states' ballots, due to alleged participation in the events of January 6, 2021, could wind up landing on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court.
While the ex-president has yet to face formal charges or convictions that would legitimately label him a participant in an 'insurrection', a related proviso under the 14th Amendment has led to his removal from ballots in both Colorado and Maine.
The 14th Amendment, a historical piece of legislation birthed just after the Civil War, has created a conundrum that some states have chosen to act upon, while others have resisted. Interestingly, Michigan and Minnesota have denied attempts to delist Trump from their ballots. Likewise, California's secretary of state ruled against such an action last week, according to Newsmax.
As the mix of state decisions creates an unpredictable quilt of legal standing for the former president, The New York Times reports that Trump's attorneys are readying themselves to challenge Colorado and Maine's seemingly unilateral decisions. These actions could potentially result in the Supreme Court stepping in to resolve the issue definitively.
The debate about the Court's intervention isn't unanimous among the legal community though. A key difference pointed out by Doug Spencer, a law professor at the University of Colorado, differentiates between the reaction of the Supreme Court when it comes to disagreements among federal circuits versus state Supreme Courts.
Spencer told the Washington Examiner how the intervention likelihood increased after Colorado's decision, yet the divide among state Supreme Courts usually doesn't prompt the nation's highest court's interference, especially when state law serves as the deciding ground.

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