Donald Trump made history once again today after he became the first ever candidate in the US to be banned by a state from running for President. But will the ruling from Colorado’s Supreme Court dent his election chances? It’s too soon to say.
The ruling – split 3-4 – said that Trump should be barred as a candidate in the state’s Republican primary contest because of the “clear and convincing evidence that [he] engaged in insurrection” by stoking the January 6 Capitol Hill riots. Part of the US Constitution – section 3 of the 14th Amendment, to be specific – disqualifies those who’ve engaged in insurrection or rebellion from holding elected office.
