{"id":112304,"date":"2024-03-04T21:01:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T20:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot"},"modified":"2024-03-04T23:25:40","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T22:25:40","slug":"us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot","title":{"rendered":"US Supreme Court rules Trump can\u2019t be removed from ballot over Jan 6 Capitol riot"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The United States, US, Supreme Court has unanimously sided with former President Donal Trump in his challenge to the state of Colorado\u2019s attempt to kick him off the 2024 primary ballot.<\/p>\n

All nine justices of the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Trump in the judgement delivered on Monday.<\/p>\n

The ruling will obviously impact the status of efforts in several other states to remove the likely GOP nominee from their respective ballots.<\/p>\n

The court considered for the first time the meaning and reach of Article 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars former office holders who \u201cengaged in insurrection\u201d from holding public office again.<\/p>\n

Recall that challenges have been filed to remove Trump from the 2024 ballot in over 30 states.<\/p>\n

One of the states, Colorado, had argued that Trump\u2019s behavior leading to the January 6 Capitol riots amounted to an \u201cinsurrection,\u201d and as a result, he should be removed from the state\u2019s ballot.<\/p>\n

However, the supreme Court ruled otherwise as it said: \u201cWe conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office. But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reacting to the ruling, Colorado\u2019s Secretary of State Jena Griswold issued a statement Monday, saying, \u201cThe United States Supreme Court has ruled that states do not have the authority to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment for federal candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn accordance with this decision, Donald Trump is an eligible candidate on Colorado\u2019s 2024 Presidential Primary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump reacted to the ruling in a post on Truth Social, saying, \u201cBIG WIN FOR AMERICA!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The United States, US, Supreme Court has unanimously sided with former President Donal Trump in his challenge to the state of Colorado\u2019s attempt to kick him off the 2024 primary ballot. All nine justices of the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Trump in the judgement delivered on Monday. The ruling will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":112303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,254,1030,12893],"class_list":["post-112304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-nigeria","tag-trump","tag-us-supreme-court"],"yoast_head":"\nUS Supreme Court rules Trump can\u2019t be removed from ballot over Jan 6 Capitol riot - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The United States, US, Supreme Court has unanimously sided with former President Donal Trump in his challenge to the sta ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Supreme Court rules Trump can\u2019t be removed from ballot over Jan 6 Capitol riot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The United States, US, Supreme Court has unanimously sided with former President Donal Trump in his challenge to the sta ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-03-04T20:01:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-03-04T22:25:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/sm_1709574411.085956.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"US Supreme Court rules Trump can\u2019t be removed from ballot over Jan 6 Capitol riot\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-04T20:01:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-04T22:25:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot\"},\"wordCount\":293,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/sm_1709574411.085956.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Nigeria\",\"Trump\",\"US Supreme Court\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot\",\"name\":\"US Supreme Court rules Trump can\u2019t be removed from ballot over Jan 6 Capitol riot - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/sm_1709574411.085956.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-03-04T20:01:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-03-04T22:25:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The United States, US, Supreme Court has unanimously sided with former President Donal Trump in his challenge to the sta ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/sm_1709574411.085956.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/sm_1709574411.085956.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"US Supreme Court rules Trump can\u2019t be removed from ballot over Jan 6 Capitol riot\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"US Supreme Court rules Trump can\u2019t be removed from ballot over Jan 6 Capitol riot\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"US Supreme Court rules Trump can\u2019t be removed from ballot over Jan 6 Capitol riot - Nigeria","description":"The United States, US, Supreme Court has unanimously sided with former President Donal Trump in his challenge to the sta ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"US Supreme Court rules Trump can\u2019t be removed from ballot over Jan 6 Capitol riot","og_description":"The United States, US, Supreme Court has unanimously sided with former President Donal Trump in his challenge to the sta ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2024-03-04T20:01:40+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-03-04T22:25:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/sm_1709574411.085956.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"US Supreme Court rules Trump can\u2019t be removed from ballot over Jan 6 Capitol riot","datePublished":"2024-03-04T20:01:40+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-04T22:25:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot"},"wordCount":293,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/sm_1709574411.085956.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","Nigeria","Trump","US Supreme Court"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot","name":"US Supreme Court rules Trump can\u2019t be removed from ballot over Jan 6 Capitol riot - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/sm_1709574411.085956.jpg","datePublished":"2024-03-04T20:01:40+00:00","dateModified":"2024-03-04T22:25:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The United States, US, Supreme Court has unanimously sided with former President Donal Trump in his challenge to the sta ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/sm_1709574411.085956.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/03\/sm_1709574411.085956.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"US Supreme Court rules Trump can\u2019t be removed from ballot over Jan 6 Capitol riot"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/us-supreme-court-rules-trump-cant-be-removed-from-ballot-over-jan-6-capitol-riot#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"US Supreme Court rules Trump can\u2019t be removed from ballot over Jan 6 Capitol riot"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}