US Presidential Polls: Supreme Court to decide on Trump's eligibility for presidential run amid 6 Jan riot controversy
AP reported that Donald Trump, speaking at a campaign event in Iowa, said: “All I want is fair. I just hope that they’re going to be fair." The court will be considering for the first time the meaning and reach of a provision of the 14th Amendment “barring some people who engaged in insurrection from holding public office." Enacted in 1868 in the aftermath of the Civil War, the amendment has seen infrequent utilization, with the nation's highest court.
In a narrow 4-3 decision last month, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump should be excluded from the Republican primary ballot. This landmark ruling marked the inaugural application of the 14th Amendment to disqualify a presidential candidate from participating in the electoral process.
Donald Trump is pursuing a separate appeal in state court regarding a decision by Maine's Democratic secretary of state, Shenna Bellows, who deemed him ineligible to be included on the state's ballot due to his involvement in the Capitol attack. The rulings from both the Colorado Supreme Court and the Maine secretary of state are currently in a state of suspension, awaiting the resolution of the ongoing appeals.
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