Supreme Court rules for Trump in ballot case -- but experts say it opens door to "crisis" if he wins

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Colorado's Supreme Court ruled that the provision could be applied to Trump given his actions on January 6, 2021.
45% : "We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office."
41% : "Yes the Supreme Court ruled for Trump based on only Congress having the power to enforce the 14th amendment," tweeted CNN legal analyst Norm Eisen.
40% : "Why can Georgia keep some third parties off the ballot that are allowed in other states, for example?"Some legal experts believe that the Supreme Court's reasoning could "leave the door open to a renewed fight over trying to use the provision to disqualify Trump in the event he wins the election.
38% : Though the court ruled 9-0 that Colorado cannot remove Trump from the ballot, only five of the justices held that the only way to enforce Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is through Congressional action, court expert Steve Vladeck explained, while four of the justices would have stopped at barring a state from disqualifying a presidential candidate.
34% : "The ruling puts an end to efforts to remove Trump from the ballot in the state as well as similar efforts in Illinois and Maine.

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