Former President Donald Trump has praised the Michigan Supreme Court for having “strongly and rightfully” rejected a 14th Amendment effort to ban him from the ballot, calling the attempt to prevent him from running a “pathetic gambit” to rig the 2024 presidential election.
The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against a bid to remove President Trump from the 2024 ballot based on an interpretation of Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which is known as the disqualification clause as it bars anyone from holding office if they’ve engaged in an “insurrection or rebellion” against the government.
The decision by Michigan’s highest court stands in marked contrast to a ruling handed down last week by the Colorado Supreme Court, which removed President Trump from the Colorado primary ballot and disqualified him from serving as president….
