the US Supreme Court will examine the question of Donald Trump’s ineligibility

The Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, announced Friday that it would examine this case on February 8.

The American Supreme Court agreed, Friday, January 5, to take up the question of the ineligibility of Donald Trump regarding a decision taken in Colorado which would deprive the former president of appearing on the ballots in this State. Directly involving itself in a highly political matter, the Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, announced that it would examine this case on February 8.

Until she makes her decision, ballots will still have to include Donald Trump’s name in Colorado as in Maine, another state which has made a similar decision. Donald Trump, the big favorite in the Republican primaries for next November’s presidential election, asked the high court on Wednesday, which he has largely overhauled, to take up the matter.

Historic decisions in Colorado and Maine

At the end of December, the Supreme Court of Colorado and then the Secretary of State of Maine made the decision to ban Donald Trump from being a candidate in the Republican primaries there, historic decisions. In both states, officials estimated that the Republican billionaire could not return to the White House, judging that the Republican engaged in acts of violence during the assault on the Capitol in 2021. “insurrection” and that he is therefore ineligible for the presidency, under the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

This amendment, adopted after the American Civil War, excludes from public liability anyone who, after taking an oath to defend the Constitution, engages in acts of “rebellion” or“insurrection”. Does this amendment apply, in this context, to Donald Trump? This is the burning question that the court will have to answer.