Supreme Court looks set to issue ruling on bid to ban Donald Trump from election in Colorado tomorrow
The US Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling on Monday on Colorado’s bid to ban Donald Trump from running for president.
It comes after the Colorado Supreme Court said in December that the Republican could not stand for election in the state because he had “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” – as is forbidden under the US Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
The judges ruled Trump was disqualified from the presidency because he had incited 2021’s January 6 riot at the Capitol building in Washington DC in an attempt to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election.
The former president strongly denies the claims and his lawyers argue the riot did not amount to an insurrection.
Following the Colorado ruling, the case was taken to the US Supreme Court, the highest court in America, for a final decision.
In an unusual move, officials issued an update on Sunday to reveal that an unspecified Supreme Court ruling would be published on Monday – even though judges are not scheduled to sit that day.
However, it is widely expected that the announcement will be about the Colorado case because so-called “Super Tuesday” will be held this week.
On that day a total of 15 states – including Colorado – will host primary elections for voters to pick their party candidates for November’s presidential election.
Most commentators believe that the Supreme Court, which has a six to three conservative majority, will reject Colorado’s ruling and allow Trump to stand in the state.
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During a hearing last month, Supreme Court justices expressed scepticism about the attempt to ban Trump from November’s poll.
Chief justice John Roberts said there would be “daunting consequences” if the Colorado decision was upheld and other states also barred Trump from office – as it could “decide the presidential election”.
His colleague, justice Elena Kagan, appeared to agree, telling the court: “I think that the question that you have to confront is why a single state should decide who gets to be president of the United States.
“It seems quite extraordinary, doesn’t it?”
Other states, including Maine and Illinois, have also sought to ban Trump from running, but the cases are on hold pending the outcome of the Colorado case.
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Last week former president Trump continued his seemingly unstoppable march to the Republican nomination with victories in the Michigan, Missouri and Idaho caucuses.
His main and last major rival, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley, is yet to achieve a single win in the race.
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Last week the US Supreme Court announced it would also rule on whether Trump can be prosecuted for alleged interference with the 2020 election.
However, the justices will not hear the case until late April, with a decision likely no later than the end of June.
Three of the judges on the court – Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett – were appointed by Trump during his presidency.
Thousands of people gathered in various cities across the US as protests against Donald Trump and Elon Musk took place in all 50 states on Saturday.
Around 1,200 demonstrations were planned in locations including Washington DC, New York City and West Palm Beach, Florida – just miles away from where the US president has this weekend played golf.
The “Hands Off!” protests were against the Trump administration’s handling of government downsizing, human rights and the economy, among other issues.
In Washington DC, protesters streamed on the grass in front of the Washington Monument, where one person carried a banner which read: “Make democracy great again.”
Thousands gathered in Washington DC to rally against various Trump policies. Pic: AP
Pic: AP
Another protester took aim at Mr Trump‘s handling of Russia and Ukraine, with a placard that read: “Stop Putin’s puppets from destroying America.”
Tesla boss Mr Musk also featured on many signs due to his role in controversial government cuts as head of the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Demonstrators in NYC. Pic: AP
People marching in Atlanta, Georgia. Pic: Reuters
A rally in Vermont. Pic: The Brattleboro Reformer via AP
Terry Klein, a retired biomedical scientist, said she drove to the rally to protest Mr Trump’s policies on “everything from immigration to the DOGE stuff to the tariffs this week, to education”.
“I mean, our whole country is under attack, all of our institutions, all the things that make America what it is,” she added.
A drone view of the protest at the Utah State Capitol building. Pic Reuters
A protester sports a Handmaid’s Tale costume. Pic: Reuters
Pic: Reuters
Some at the various protests carried Ukrainian flags, while others sported rainbow attire and waved rainbow flags in support of the LGBTQ+ community.
Other protesters wore Palestinian keffiyeh scarves and carried “Free Palestine” signs.
Thousands marched in New York City’s midtown Manhattan and in Boston, Massachusetts, while hundreds gathered in the sunshine outside the Utah State Capitol building in Salt Lake City, and in the rain outside the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio.
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Mr Trump – who shook financial markets with his tariffs announcement this week – spent the day in Florida, playing a round of golf before returning to his Mar-a-Lago residence.
People protest in Manhattan. Pic: Reuters
Activists in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Pic: AP
Some four miles from Mar-a-Lago, more than 400 people gathered – and drivers honked their horns in support of protesters who held up signs including one which read: “Markets tank, Trump golfs.”
The White House has said Mr Trump plans to go golfing again on Sunday.
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