Presidential eligibility of Donald Trump: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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[[Donald Trump]]'s eligibility to run in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 U.S. presidential election]] is in dispute, due to his alleged involvement in the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]]. Trump's alleged involvement in the attack and subsequent indictments may bar him from serving as president under the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]]'s "insurrection clause", which disqualifies [[insurrection|insurrectionists]] against the United States from holding office if they have previously taken an oath to support the Constitution.

In December 2023, the [[Colorado Supreme Court]] in ''[[Trump v. Anderson|Anderson v. Griswold]]'' ruled that Trump had engaged in insurrection and was ineligible to hold the office of President, and ordered that he be removed from the [[2024 Colorado Republican presidential primary|state's primary election]] ballots as a result.<ref>Riccardi, Nicholas, ''[https://apnews.com/article/trump-14th-amendment-insurrection-supreme-court-colorado-2b9d5b628cb2779fc84212cdc651e4e7 Here’s how 2 sentences in the Constitution rose from obscurity to ensnare Donald Trump]'', [[Associated Press]], February 5, 2024</ref> The decision is stayed pending review by the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]]. Later that same month, [[Secretary of State of Maine|Maine Secretary of State]] [[Shenna Bellows]] also ruled that Trump engaged in insurrection and was therefore ineligible to be on the [[2024 Maine Republican presidential primary|state's primary election]] ballot. That decision is stayed while on appeal to a state court. Previously, the [[Minnesota Supreme Court]] and the [[Michigan Court of Appeals]] both ruled that presidential eligibility cannot be applied by their [[State court (United States)|state courts]] to [[primary election]]s, but did not rule on the issues for a general election. By January 2024, formal challenges to Trump's eligibility had been filed in at least 34 states.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bogel-Burroughs|first1=Nicholas|last2=Smith|first2=Mitch|date=January 3, 2024|title=What to Know About the Efforts to Remove Trump From the 2024 Ballot|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-ballot-remove-2024.html|access-date=January 4, 2024|archive-date=January 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104012812/https://www.nytimes.com/article/trump-ballot-remove-2024.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Gamio|first1=Lazaro|last2=Smith|first2=Mitch|date=January 4, 2024|title=Tracking Efforts to Remove Trump From the 2024 Ballot|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/02/us/politics/trump-ballot-removal-map.html|access-date=January 4, 2024|archive-date=January 3, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103232038/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/02/us/politics/trump-ballot-removal-map.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On January 5, 2024, the Supreme Court granted a [[writ]] of ''[[certiorari]]'' for Trump's appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling in ''Anderson v. Griswold'' and scheduled oral arguments for February 8.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hurley|first1=Lawrence|date=January 5, 2024|title=Supreme Court agrees to weigh whether Trump can be kicked off ballot in Colorado|publisher=NBC News|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-agrees-weigh-whether-trump-can-kicked-ballot-colorado-rcna132058|access-date=January 5, 2024|archive-date=January 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105220842/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-agrees-weigh-whether-trump-can-kicked-ballot-colorado-rcna132058|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Dwyer|first1=Devin|date=January 5, 2024|title=US Supreme Court to consider Trump 14th Amendment ballot disqualification case|work=ABC News|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-supreme-court-trump-14th-amendment-ballot-disqualification/story?id=106112607|access-date=January 5, 2024|archive-date=January 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105222050/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-supreme-court-trump-14th-amendment-ballot-disqualification/story?id=106112607|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Supreme Court to decide whether Trump is eligible to run in Colorado |first1=Ehren |last1=Wynder |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/01/05/supreme-court-appeal-trump-ban-colorado/5741704496993 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=January 5, 2024 |access-date=January 5, 2024|archive-date=January 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106000902/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/01/05/supreme-court-appeal-trump-ban-colorado/5741704496993/ |url-status=live }}</ref>