Relief from Supreme Court before US Presidential elections, Trump will be able to contest elections

The US Supreme Court canceled the ban imposed on presidential candidate Donald Trump. The Top Court of the US state of Colorado had barred Trump from contesting elections under the 14th Constitutional Amendment. The Supreme Court said in the decision that the state had gone beyond its jurisdiction. The court rejected efforts to hold Trump accountable for the Capitol riot. After this, the way has been cleared for Trump to contest the presidential elections. Trump has called this decision a big victory for America.

The judges unanimously overturned a lower court ruling that Trump was disqualified from holding public office under the 14th Amendment because of his alleged role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled in the first of its kind that the provision, Section 3, could be applied to Trump. Before this, no court had applied Section 3 to a presidential candidate. Trump’s name was removed from the ballots in Colorado, Maine and Illinois, but all three decisions were pending a Supreme Court decision. Trump’s lawyers argued that the January 6 riot was not an insurrection and even if it was, Trump had not joined the rioters.

Dakota caucus election victory

Donald Trump won the North Dakota caucus election as part of the process of selecting the Republican Party candidate for the presidential election in America. The former president finished first in voting at 12 caucus sites against former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. With this result, Trump is back on the track of victory. Earlier on Sunday, he had to face defeat from Haley in the primary elections of District of Columbia.