Court’s decision overturns ruling from state supreme court that disqualified Trump from primary over January 6 attack
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Donald Trump was wrongly removed from Colorado’s primary ballot last year, the US supreme court has ruled.
The court’s significant decision overturns a 4-3 ruling from the Colorado supreme court that said the former president could not run because he had engaged in insurrection during the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The Colorado decision was a novel interpretation of section 3 of the 14th amendment, which bars insurrectionists from holding office.