On Friday evening, a state judge in Colorado rejected a lawsuit seeking to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment, according to Politico's Kyle Cheney.
Judge Sarah B. Wallace dismissed the case, and ordered Secretary of State Jena Griswold, technically a defendant in the case, to place Trump on the primary ballot for the 2024 presidential election.
The Colorado case was considered by legal experts to be the most credible of several such lawsuits filed around the country. Similar suits were rejected in Minnesota and Michigan this month, although both cases could be refiled or appealed in some capacity.
The legal theory of the case was that Trump is ineligible for office under the 14th Amendment's Insurrection Clause, which prohibits those who have engaged in insurrection against the United States from holding office without the permission of Congress.
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A number of legal scholars, like retired Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe and conservative former federal judge Michael Luttig, lent their support to the idea.
However, the lawsuit faced legal obstacles from the start, including a lack of precedent in how the Insurrection Clause should be enforced and who has the authority to do so.
