I think the last thing anyone wanted was for the first successful disqualification of Trump to be a month before the election. Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images Why are people so interested in this ruling? Here, a voter drops off his ballot in Denver during the 2022 election. The Colorado Supreme Court said Donald Trump could not appear on the state’s 2024 primary or general election ballot. And many other states may have to make similar decisions. The court’s ruling has sparked a nationwide outcry – both in support of its conclusions and in opposition to them. Some of Graber’s scholarly works, including a journal article and a book, were cited in the court’s decision. Graber filed an amicus brief that was technically in support of the voters seeking to block Trump from the ballot, but focused specifically on the history of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. That provision bars people from holding federal and state offices if they have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution and then violated that oath by participating in an insurrection. The key questions are about Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Graber, regents professor of law at the University of Maryland Carey Law School, what this all means – for Trump, for regular Americans and for the 2024 election. In the wake of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that bars Donald Trump from the ballot in the state’s primary and general elections, The Conversation U.S.
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