The United States Supreme Court authorizes Trump to run in the Colorado primaries

The Supreme Court of the United States has declared this Monday unconstitutional the expulsion of former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) from the Republican primaries in Colorado, a ruling that paves the way for him to be elected his party’s candidate for the presidency.

The decision of the highest court, which was announced on the eve of ‘Super Tuesday’, a key date on the road to the White House, could also affect similar complaints filed by the states of Maine and Illinois.

The justices of the Supreme Court, where conservatives have a majority, argue that, according to the Constitution, it is the responsibility of Congress and not the states to enforce the Section 3 of the 14th Amendmentwhich was used by the Colorado Supreme Court to rule against Trump.

Specifically, the Colorado Supreme Court found that Trump engaged in an attempted “insurrection,” disqualifying him from holding public office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

This amendment, approved in 1868 After the Civil War in the United States, its objective was to prevent the rebellious southerners of the Confederacy, who had sworn allegiance to the Constitution and then betrayed it, from gaining power.

Although the judges have offered different reasons, the decision has been unanimous and marks the most direct intervention by the Supreme Court in an election since the decision Bush v. gorewhich resolved a dispute over votes in Florida and ultimately gave victory to George W. Bush, who served as president from 2001 to 2009.

On February 8, the Supreme Court judges held a hearing to hear the arguments of the parties on the Colorado case and even then they were reticent about the implications that Trump’s expulsion from the Colorado primaries could have at the national level. state, especially ahead of the November elections.

Both the most progressive and the most conservative judges have expressed their discomfort during his interventions with the idea of ​​individual states interpreting the constitutional eligibility of a candidate for national office.

The justices have therefore heeded the pressures due to the tight electoral calendar and the requests of the Colorado Republican Party, which had asked them to act before ‘Super Tuesday’ and in which 15 states hold primary elections, including Colorado.

In an unprecedented ruling, the Colorado Justice determined in December that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution disqualifies the Republican for the “insurrection” of the assault on the Capitol, when a horde of Trumpists attacked Congress to try to stop ratification of Biden’s victory.

Under the same argument, the electoral authorities of Maine also expelled Trump from the primaries and last week Illinois did the same.