Court showdown likely on Trump's eligibility - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : State Republicans have asked the justices to intervene, and Trump is expected to file his own appeal.
51% : Michael Waldman, president of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, said the ruling in Maine -- the second state to bar Trump, following Colorado -- set the stage for an "epic constitutional showdown.
46% : voters seeking to bar Trump have asked the justices to expedite briefing, so they can use a Jan. 5, 2024 private conference to consider granting review.
42% : Hours later in California, election officials said Trump would stay on their ballot.
38% : The RealClearPolitics average of polls shows Trump with an over 51 percentage point lead over his nearest rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, nationally and well ahead in both Iowa and New Hampshire.
35% : On Thursday, Maine's top election official moved to remove Trump from the ballot, citing his conduct after the 2020 vote, culminating in the insurrection at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
35% : Waldman said he expects the justices to decide not whether Trump engaged in insurrection, but who has the authority to decide whether such an act bars him from holding office in the future, throwing those decision back in the hands of state courts and election officials.
23% : "Trump has faced lawsuits from voters across the country who say he is barred from seeking another term by Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which says a person who "engaged in insurrection" after taking an oath to support the Constitution is ineligible for office.
23% : The episode comes as Cohen is expected to play a prominent role in a Manhattan criminal case against Trump.
20% : The Supreme Court is likely to decide soon whether it will review a Colorado Supreme Court decision that declared Trump ineligible for the ballot there.

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