Trump was wrongly removed from Colorado ballot, US supreme court rules

During oral argument in February, nearly all of the justices signaled skepticism of Colorado’s authority to remove Trump from the ballot. File picture: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

Donald Trump was wrongly removed from Colorado’s primary ballot last year, the US supreme court has ruled.

The court’s significant decision overturns a 4-3 ruling from the Colorado supreme court that said the former president could not run because he had engaged in insurrection during the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The Colorado decision was a novel interpretation of section 3 of the 14th amendment, which bars insurrectionists from holding office.