The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an attempt to remove former President Trump from the state’s primary ballot under the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban.
A liberal-leaning group had appealed a state appeals court ruling that concluded, regardless of whether the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump from holding office, Michigan’s secretary of state lacks the legal authority to remove him from the ballot.
The state’s highest court, controlled by Democrats, let that lower ruling stand, saying in an unsigned order that it was “not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.”
The decision hands a legal victory for Trump as his lawyers seek to stave off 14th Amendment lawsuits filed across the country, aimed at preventing the former president’s return to the White House.
The amendment prohibits someone from holding “any office … under the United States” if they engaged in insurrection after taking an oath as “an officer of the United States” to “support” the Constitution.
Ratified after the Civil War, the provision was originally used to prevent Confederates from returning to federal office. The array of Trump cases — citing the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot — poses a series of open legal questions, including whether the clause applies to the presidency and whether courts have authority to disqualify candidates.
Trump’s team has successfully defended against cases filed in places including Minnesota, where the state’s top court similarly tossed a 14th Amendment challenge last month.
But in Colorado, the state’s supreme court last week was the first to take the extraordinary step of ordering Trump’s name off of the ballot. The ruling is temporarily on hold.
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