Former President Trump could still appear on Colorado’s presidential primary ballot, even after the state’s top court in a landmark ruling found the 14th Amendment’s insurrection ban makes him ineligible.
Trump is expected to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, a move that would automatically pause his disqualification.
Meanwhile, Colorado is set to finalize its primary ballot in just days.
The next phase of the case will dictate Trump’s future on the general election ballot in November, regardless, and those impacts could stretch nationwide.
Here’s what happens next after the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling:
Anticipating that Trump would appeal to the nation’s highest court, the justices in Colorado designed their extraordinary decision so that Trump maintains a pathway to still appear on the primary ballot on March 5 as he continues appealing.
“We are also cognizant that we travel in uncharted territory, and that this case presents several issues of first impression,” the court’s majority opinion notes.
The Colorado …