Supreme Court shoots down Colorado bid to keep Trump off ballot

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency.
47% : President of the United States Donald Trump speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.
47% : The decision added: "We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office.
30% : The court did not rule on whether Trump engaged in insurrection but did argue that individual states should not have the power to make such determinations for federal candidates.
26% : The court had heard arguments on Feb. 8 about the Colorado Supreme Court's ruling that Trump should be barred under the Constitution's 14th Amendment, which states that anybody who takes part in an insurrection against the U.S. cannot hold public office.
21% : "Monday's ruling is likely to affect similar efforts to throw Trump off the ballot, including in Maine and Illinois, both of which ruled he should be banned.

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