US_ Supreme Court Appears Poised to Back Trump in Ballot Challenge Case

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Supreme Court Appears Poised to Back Trump in Ballot Challenge Case

‘Why should a single state get to decide who gets to be the President of the United States?’ asked Justice Elena Kagan.

Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court pose for their official photo at the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 7, 2022. (Front L–R) Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Samuel Alito, and Justice Elena Kagan. (Back L–R) Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)

By Catherine Yang and Sam Dorman 2/8/2024
Updated: 2/8/2024


WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court held the highly anticipated hearing of former President Donald Trump’s appeal to remain on the Colorado primary ballot, expressing repeated skepticism that a ruling to remove him would not result in swift and widespread election chaos.

Jason Clifford Murray argued for the six Colorado voters who petitioned to remove President Trump from the ballot, and several times frustrated judges by sidestepping questions about the consequences of a ruling in his favor.

Article 2 gives states broad power to run elections, Mr. Murray argued, and that involved removing ineligible candidates from the ballot—even in a national election—through the process of their choosing.

The justices expressed skepticism that a ruling affirming the Colorado decision would settle the matter.

State Authority Limits

“Why should a single state get to decide who gets to be the President of the United States?” asked Justice Elena Kagan. “That means is quite extraordinary.”

Mr. Murray said that was not the case because the Supreme Court would ultimately make a decision that could inform all other states to take Colorado’s record of fact—largely based on the Jan. 6 Select Committee report—as settled.

This answer drew several more hypothetical situations of chaos from the justices, who pointed out that states have different processes for adjudicating ballot issues, meaning several different records of fact and decisions could come before the Supreme Court.

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