The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up Donald Trump’s ballot eligibility appeal, setting oral arguments for Feb. 8.
The justices will review the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court, which ruled against the former president last month, citing the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist ban.
By taking the case, the justices can settle the contested nationwide issue of Trump’s eligibility ahead of the presidential election in November, with challenges to his qualification pending across the country.
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Jordan Rubin is the Deadline: Legal Blog writer. He was a prosecutor for the New York County District Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and is the author of “Bizarro," a book about the secret war on synthetic drugs. Before he joined MS NOW, he was a legal reporter for Bloomberg Law.
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