On Monday, March 4th 2024, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of Donald Trump in the Republican primaries’ case. Trump should now be legally on the election ballot for 2024. The Supreme Court deliberated on the case for more than two hours, before handing Trump his big win.
In the much-anticipated ruling, the Supreme Court found the Colorado verdict faulty, indicating that Trump’s name should not have been removed from the ballot.
According to the justices, the Supreme Court is not charged with determining who is an unfit presidential candidate. In their view, the appropriateness of a candidate to vie for political office is for the US Congress to decide.
The Civil War inspired 14th Amendment Fails to Bring Down Trump
The 14th amendment has, therefore, failed to be of effect in today’s politics, and specifically to bring Trump’s political career to an end. Hence, the states of Maine and Illinois will have no option but to accept Trump as a Republican candidate in the primaries.
Similarly, it should now be extremely difficult for any state to challenge Trump’s candidacy in the 2024 presidential elections. This is even more significant considering that his only rival, Nikki Hailey, has only beat him in Washington DC.
The only way Trump’s viability as the GOP candidate could suffer is if he is found guilty of a criminal act before the November elections. Currently, he has some undetermined criminal charges against him, one of which involves his involvement in conspiring to defraud the United States. The pending cases that would affect Trump’s candidacy are expected to be determined by the end of April 2024.