United States Supreme Court to choose if Donald Trump can be deflected 2024 presidential tallies

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The US Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the ballot because of his efforts to
overturn his 2020 election loss, inserting the court squarely in the 2024 presidential campaign.The justices acknowledged the need to reach
a decision quickly, as voters will soon begin casting presidential primary ballots across the country
6, 2021, attack on the United States Capitol.Underscoring the urgency, arguments will be held on Feb
8, during what is normally a nearly monthlong winter break for the justices
The compressed timeframe could allow the court to produce a decision before Super Tuesday on March 5, when the largest number of delegates
The amendment was adopted in 1868, following the Civil War
ruled last month that Trump should not be on the Republican primary ballot
The decision was the first time the 14th Amendment was used to bar a presidential contender from the ballot.Trump is separately appealing to
Bush v
Gore in 2000, when a conservative majority effectively decided the election for Republican George W
Bush
Only Justice Clarence Thomas remains from that court.Three of the nine Supreme Court justices were appointed by Trump, though they have
repeatedly ruled against him in 2020 election-related lawsuits, as well as his efforts to keep documents related to Jan
6 and his tax returns from being turned over to congressional committees.At the same time, Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and
Brett Kavanaugh have been in the majority of conservative-driven decisions that overturned the five-decade-old constitutional right to
abortion, expanded gun rights and struck down affirmative action in college admissions.Some Democratic lawmakers have called on Thomas to
Thomas has recused himself from only one other case related to the 2020 election, involving former law clerk John Eastman, and so far the
judge in that state
qualifications due to his role in the United States Capitol attack on Jan
6, 2021
walked to the Capitol.The two-sentence provision in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment states that anyone who swore an oath to uphold the
amnesty for most of the former confederates the measure targeted in 1872, the provision fell into disuse until dozens of suits were filed to
keep Trump off the ballot this year
Only the one in Colorado was successful.Trump had asked the court to overturn the Colorado ruling without even hearing arguments
that the events of Jan
6 did not constitute an insurrection
Even if it did, they wrote, Trump himself had not engaged in insurrection
They also contend that the insurrection clause does not apply to the president and that Congress must act, not individual states.Critics of
the former president who sued in Colorado agreed that the justices should step in now and resolve the issue, as do many election law
And given the upcoming presidential primary schedule, there is no time to wait for the issues to percolate further
The Court should resolve this case on an expedited timetable, so that voters in Colorado and elsewhere will know whether Trump is indeed
whether Trump can be on the ballot is not the only matter related to the former president or Jan
6 that has reached the high court
from prosecution in a case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election, though the issue could be back before the
court soon depending on the ruling of a Washington-based appeals court.And the court has said that it intends to hear an appeal that could