“We should all stay outraged that neither the Chief nor any of the other Justices have found a way to apply pressure to him,” Joyce Vance said.
Justice Clarence Thomas’ participation in the Supreme Court decision that restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots is “stunning,” according to an attorney.
The justices unanimously overturned a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to kick the former president off the state’s Republican primary ballot under a post-Civil War constitutional provision.
It was the first case at the Supreme Court dealing with Section 3 of the Amendment, which bars former officeholders who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office again. Colorado’s top court decided that the provision could be applied to Trump, who it found incited the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
In an unsigned opinion issued ahead of the Super Tuesday primaries, the justices said states can’t invoke Section 3 to keep presidential candidates from appearing on ballots and only Congress can enforce it.
