Supreme Court decision expected as Trump fights 'insurrection' ballot ban

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : Donald Trump at a rally at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond, Virginia, on March 2, 2024The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule today on whether states can remove Donald Trump from the ballot for the Republican Presidential Primaries because he is an "insurrectionist".Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment says anyone who has previously taken an oath of office (Senators, Representatives, and other public officials) cannot hold public office if they have "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" against the U.S. government.
43% : The decision on Monday will come one day before "Super Tuesday" when Colorado voters head to the polls, where Trump's name is already on the ballot - this ruling could determine whether votes for Trump could be counted.
39% : The court's announcement will relate to a challenge by Trump lawyers after a Colorado State Supreme Court decision that would ban the former president from the 2024 ballot for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
37% : The Supreme Court has a 6-3 conservative majority, which includes three justices appointed by Trump.
35% : In Colorado, the district judge who initially heard the case found that while Trump had engaged in insurrection, it wasn't clear whether Section 3 applied to the president - a decision later overturned by the Colorado Supreme Court.
23% : Trump has also been barred from primary ballots in Illinois and Maine, these decisions could also be overturned by the Supreme Court.
17% : Donald Trump currently faces 91 criminal charges across four prosecutions.
7% : READ MORE: Donald Trump makes wild claim accusing Joe Biden of 'conspiracy to overthrow US'The ruling will also bring clarity to the high court's view on whether individual states can use the 150-year-old constitutional provision to remove Trump from ballots nationwide.

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