OLITICAL COMMENTARY

State Supreme Court Rejects Attempt To Keep Trump Off Ballot

By Will TannerDecember 29, 2023Updated:December 29, 2023
A week after the Supreme Court of Colorado decided that former President Donald Trump was disqualified from appearing on its ballot because of January 6, 2021 and Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which disqualifies those who have waged an “insurrection” against the United States, the Michigan Supreme Court has rejected a similar attempt.

In the ruling, the court explained that it found the arguments against disqualifying Trump persuasive and was accepting them, and so it would not review the decision of the lower courts to not disqualify Trump from appearing on the ballot.

That ruling said, “On order of the Court, the motions for immediate consideration are GRANTED. The motions of Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, and National Republican Congressional Committee; Professor Kurt T. Lash; Constitutional Accountability Center; and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington to file briefs amicus curiae are GRANTED. The amicus briefs submitted on December 22, 2023 are accepted for filing. The application for leave to appeal the December 14, 2023 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is DENIED, because we are not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.”