Missouri elected officials react to news that Donald Trump can stay on ballot

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : More: Ashcroft confirms Trump will appear on Missouri ballots if chosen by Republican caucusesMissouri Republicans celebrated the win for Trump, with Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft touting his part in a coalition of 10 secretaries of state who signed an amicus brief supporting the former president.
44% : "States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency," the court wrote in its opinion.
40% : U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison said that he is "extremely happy to see the Supreme Court do the right thing and overturn the insane Colorado decision to kick President Trump off the ballot.
37% : The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Donald Trump can appear on the ballot as a candidate for president this year, reversing a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court.
35% : Colorado, Maine and Illinois had issued orders to remove Trump from their states' ballots, but that order never went into effect, as it was stayed until the U.S. Supreme Court made its ruling.
34% : Rather than rule on whether or not Trump engaged in insurrection, or whether Section 3 applied to the president, the courts found it was not their place to disqualify presidential candidates, nor was it allowed for states to do so.
31% : "The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously to overturn Colorado's unconstitutional decision to disqualify President Trump from the ballot.
12% : The attempts to remove President Trump from state ballots are unconstitutional and election interference," Kehoe wrote in a post on X.State Sen. Bill Eigel, who is also seeking the Republican nomination for governor in August, said that the "deep state has thrown EVERYTHING they can at President Trump, but he's still standing strong.

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