Reuters. The U.S. Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a major victory on Monday (March 4) as he campaigns to regain the presidency, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under a constitutional provision and reversing a judicial decision that had excluded him from Colorado's ballot.
The justices unanimously reversed a Dec. 19 decision by Colorado's top court to kick Trump off the state's Republican primary ballot on Tuesday after finding that the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment disqualified him from again holding public office.
The Colorado court had found that Trump took part in an insurrection for inciting and supporting the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters.
Trump is the frontrunner for the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic President Joe Biden in the Nov. 5 U.S. election. His only remaining rival for his party's nomination is former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.
The ruling came on the eve of Super Tuesday, the day in the U.S. presidential primary cycle when more than a dozen states hold party nominating contests.
