Trump runs larger risk from the Supreme Court in Colorado ballot battle: columnist

With the battle between Donald Trump's lawyers and special counsel Jack Smith likely headed to the Supreme Court no matter which way an appeals court rules on his banning from Colorado's ballot, the former president runs the risk the nation's highest court may rule in such a way that the former president's political career will be ended.

In his column for CNN, SiriusXM radio hostDean Obeidallah suggested the court could step in and not just agree with the Colorado Supreme Court, but also disqualify the former president from ever running for office again.

As Obeidallah explains, if Trump is handed an adverse ruling from the appeals court, he could stop there and play the odds that no other states will follow suit. However, if he moves up the line to the Supreme Court that could open the door to worse consequences.

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"As I discussed Thursday on my SiriusXM radio show with Mario Nicolais — one of the lawyers who won the case to disqualify Trump from the ballot in Colorado — Trump must appreciate the risk that the US Supreme Court could rule against him," he wrote. "If that happens, Trump would be definitively barred from holding office ever again, whereas he would only be barred from the ballot in Colorado — a state he lost to Joe Biden by more than 13 points in 2020 — if the ruling stands."

"If Trump appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court hears the case, they will have the opportunity to uphold the U.S.Constitution by disqualifying Trump from serving in any office for his role in the January 6 insurrection, in violation of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment," he added.

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