Supreme Court's Ballot Ruling Wasn't a Home Run for Donald Trump

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Trump may be able to appear on the ballot, but the justices stopped short of clearing him of insurrection, despite the opportunity.

The Supreme Court handed former President Donald Trump's 2024 campaign a win with its latest ruling, but it wasn't exactly a home run for the Republican frontrunner.The court ruled in Trump's favor Monday, reversing the Colorado Supreme Court's decision that determined the former president was ineligible for the state's primary ballot because of his role in the January 6, 2021, Capitol Riot.

'The Court didn't do what he asked; it did not clear him. And the act's decision leaves space for his criminal trial about Jan 6 to proceed, should the Court dispose of the other Trump immunity case quickly in the Spring .'Trump's legal team had argued in its brief that the former president 'did not 'engage in insurrection'' and that 'President Trump's words that day called for peaceful and patriotic protest and respect for law and order.

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