The Supreme Court of the US state of Michigan has decided to keep Donald Trump, former president of the United States, on the ballots for next year’s Republican primaries.
Unlike the divided Colorado Supreme Court, which declared Trump ineligible, the Michigan institute decided to keep the former president in the race after it deemed it unnecessary to revise the questions asked.
The basis of Colorado’s decision was Trump’s role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol, as part of the unprecedented application of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to disqualify a presidential candidate.
The lawsuits in Michigan and Colorado are among dozens hoping to keep the name Trump has been removed from the polls under the justification of the so-called insurrection clause, which prevents anyone who has “committed insurrection or rebellion” against the Constitution from holding popularly elected office.
Earlier this month, the Michigan Superior Court declined to hear an appeal, arguing that the case should remain in the appeals court.
The liberal nonprofit Free Speech for the People filed a lawsuit to force Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to remove Trump from the ballot.
But a Michigan Court of Claims judge rejected their arguments, saying in November that it should be up to Congress.
The Republican primaries begin on January 15 with the elections in Iowa, and Trump is, according to all polls, the favorite to face the current president, Democrat Joe Biden, again in the elections for the House of Representatives in November 2024. White.
Source: DN
