Colorado Supreme Court bans Donald Trump from ballot under insurrection clause

Former president Donald Trump (Godofredo A Vasquez/AP)

The Colorado Supreme Court has declared former president Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the US Constitution’s insurrection clause.

It removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the Republican nomination can remain in the race.