Opinion | The biggest question that remains in the 14th Amendment Trump hearing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : Over more than two hours of oral arguments, the justices coalesced around two primary reasons Trump should remain on the ballot, and they are both highly technical.
41% : The question is whether this old prohibition applies to Trump.
38% : If the court coalesces around the idea that Colorado lacked the power to act and boot Trump from the state ballot, this could simply push difficult questions to a different branch of government and delay a battle over those questions.
38% : Let's imagine that Trump wins not just the Republican nomination but also the Electoral College vote.
37% : And why the specific wording of the Constitution matters for the case that will decide whether or not former President Donald Trump is eligible for the presidency.
25% : Trump's attorneys argued that the Colorado Supreme Court jumped the gun in removing Trump from the ballot because Congress could later vote that he is, in fact, free to serve as president again.
21% : In that case, it would be up to the political branches to determine whether Trump is, in fact, ineligible for the presidency.
18% : "Related to this is the question of whether Colorado, in fact, acted prematurely in concluding that Trump is ineligible for office.

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