Supreme Court Rules Trump Stays on Colorado Ballot

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : In an interview on a conservative radio program, Trump said he was pleased by the ruling.
52% : The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the first part of the ruling -- that Trump had engaged in an insurrection.
50% : "States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office," the majority wrote.
44% : "The Constitution makes Congress, rather than the states, responsible for enforcing Section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates," the majority wrote, adding that detailed federal legislation was required to determine who was disqualified under the provision.
39% : "The case arose from a challenge brought by six Colorado voters who sought to disqualify Trump from the ballot for the state's Republican primary based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
31% : They said it was meant to insulate the court and Trump "from future controversy.
31% : And the justices already agreed to decide on the scope of a central charge in the federal election-interference case against Trump, with a ruling by June.
27% : "A Colorado trial judge ruled that Trump had engaged in insurrection but accepted his argument that Section 3 did not apply to the president or to the office of the presidency.
26% : All the opinions focused on legal issues, and none took a position on whether Trump had engaged in insurrection.
23% : Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene, setting out more than half a dozen arguments about why the state court had gone astray and saying his removal would override the will of the voters.
14% : The case, Trump v. Anderson, No. 23-719, is not the only one concerning Trump on the Supreme Court's docket.

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