The US Supreme Court this Monday allowed Donald Trump to participate in the presidential primary election, rejecting attempts by some states to prosecute the former Republican president for the invasion of the Capitol.
The justices ruled Monday — a day before Super Tuesday primaries (when elections are held in 15 states and one territory) — that states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision barring presidential candidates from appearing on the ballot. only to Congress.
The court’s decision puts an end to efforts to exclude Trump from primary elections in Colorado, Illinois, Maine and other states where the former president is the favorite to win his party’s nomination.
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