By Social Links forJosh Christenson |
The Michigan Supreme Court denied an attempt Wednesday to remove Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, bolstering the chances that the US Supreme Court will soon hear an appeal of a Colorado ruling that disqualified the former president from that state’s primary.
In a brief order, Michigan’s high court said it was “not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court” after an earlier appeal sought to make Trump ineligible under the Insurrection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
The plaintiffs claimed Trump’s efforts to overturn former Vice President Joe Biden’s victory that culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot constituted evidence that he unconstitutionally “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” and may no longer hold office.
Trump, 77, wrote in a Truth Social post that the Michigan justices “strongly and rightfully denied the Desperate Democrat attempt to take the leading Candidate in the 2024 Presidential Election, me, off the ballot in the Great State of Michigan.”
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled out an attempt to remove Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot.
The ruling adds pressure to the former president’s defense team to appeal a recent Colorado Supreme Court ruling that disqualified him from that state’s ballot.
“This pathetic gambit to rig the Election has failed all across the Country, including in States that have historically leaned heavily toward the Democrats. Colorado is the only State to have fallen prey to the scheme,” he said.
