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Trump is challenging a groundbreaking ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court, which stated that he is disqualified from being president again and is ineligible for the state's primaries, which are on Tuesday.
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The resolution on the case on Monday, a day before the Super Tuesday contests in 16 states, would eliminate uncertainty about whether votes for Trump, the leading contender for the Republican nomination, will ultimately count. Both sides have asked the court to expedite the work, which heard arguments on February 8, less than a month ago.
The Colorado court was the first to invoke the constitutional clause from the post-Civil War era, which aims to prevent those "involved in insurrection" from holding office. Since then, Trump has also been removed from the primary ballots in Illinois and Maine, although both decisions, along with Colorado's, are on hold pending the outcome of the Supreme Court case.
To date, the Supreme Court has never taken a stance on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
The Court indicated on Sunday that at least one case will be decided on Monday, sticking to its custom of not specifying which one. But it also deviated from its common practices in a certain sense, increasing the expectation that it will be Trump's election case that is handed down.
Except when the end of the term approaches in late June, the court almost always issues rulings on days when the judges are scheduled to take the bench. But the next hearing day is not until March 15 and, in addition to the coronavirus pandemic when it closed, the judges almost always read summaries of their opinions in court. They will not be there on Monday.