The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Donald Trump can remain on Colorado’s 2024 presidential ballot — delivering a decisive blow to some states’ efforts to declare him ineligible over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. The Colorado Supreme Court determined in December that Trump was ineligible to appear on the ballot, citing the “insurrection clause” of the Constitution’s 14th Amendment.
In remarks at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, in which he thanked the Supreme Court for its ruling, Trump also argued for presidential immunity in the federal 2020 election case — another issue soon to be before the court.
The Supreme Court last week scheduled arguments for next month over Trump’s appeal that he is immune from prosecution for official acts taken while president.
“If a president doesn’t have full immunity, you really don’t have a president, because nobody that is serving in that office will have the courage to make, in many cases, what would be the right decision. Or it could be the wrong decision,” Trump said. “But they have to make decisions, and they have to make them free of all terror that can be rained upon them when they leave office or even before they leave office.”
