Of all the snarky lawsuits surrounding Trump, how decisive is this one?
It is a historic trial that is already receiving a lot of attention in competition with the other snarky legal processes surrounding Donald Trump. Outside the court in the capital, people have even formed a queue to witness the drama with their own eyes.
The trial could have major implications for how the American election year continues, even if it is primarily only one of the states that is affected.
The judges of the Colorado Supreme Court said in a decision in December that Trump should not be able to appear on the ballots. They relied on part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which came into effect in 1868, to prevent rioters from running for public office. The conclusion was that Trump’s role during the storming of the Capitol in 2021 was enough to disqualify him.
The different sides will now present their arguments, which are largely known.
The judgments are expected to be subject to the legal experts’ detailed analyses. Perhaps their questions can give a hint as to what will be decisive.
Several US experts already seem to be leaning towards overturning the decision. Should it not end in Trump’s favor, some fear violent reactions.
How does it affect the fact that several of the judges were nominated by Donald Trump?
Donald Trump promised during his presidential campaign to nominate as many conservative HD judges as possible, which he succeeded in doing. After three vacancies, Trump had finally tipped the balance heavily in the conservative direction, with six conservative justices and three liberals.
Trump probably expected that the successful reshuffle could help him in the future – but that has not always been the case.
On several occasions, the decisions in the Supreme Court have not turned out as Trump has wished. This has been the case in cases involving the 2020 election results, whether or not the president’s tax returns should be released – as well as the sensitive documents that were moved from the White House to Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
Trump himself has claimed that the judges make decisions that do not favor him because they want to show by any means how impartial they are.
According to information in the American media, Trump has also shown concern that the three judges he himself nominated would be more harsh on him if he himself were to appear on the Supreme Court on the important day.
He therefore does not intend to do that.
Instead, he celebrates the next election victory with his supporters in Nevada.
Different states have made different decisions, what might the Supreme Court’s decision lead to there?
Colorado is not the only state that has blocked Trump from his election.
A similar decision also came from Maine. The state’s secretary of state, which is responsible for elections, determined that Trump was not eligible and made his decision on the same reasoning as Colorado’s. However, the decision was stopped temporarily, pending what happens in the Supreme Court.
Similar attempts in other states have met resistance from those who believe that Trump can only be defeated at the polls and not with the help of the courts. In Minnesota and Michigan, judges have put an end not to Trump – but to the attempts to have him blocked.
However, there remain a number of states where lawsuits over Trump’s fate have not yet been decided.
There, the outcome of the Supreme Court’s review may have significance.
The Supreme Court does not usually engage in very fast processes. But with both Colorado and a large number of states holding primaries on Super Tuesday, March 5, there is a rush. The hope is that there will be a decision before then.