Oregon Supreme Court rejects challenge trying to kick Trump off the ballot as battle over Colorado heads to the Supreme Court
- The U.S. Supreme Court has said it will hear the Colorado case seeking his removal from the ballot
- The Oregon Supreme Court says Trump can stay on the ballot pending appeal
- But depending on the decision, it could be challenged under the 14th Amendment
The Oregon Supreme Court is staying out of the legal battle over whether Donald Trump can remain a candidate for president of the state, pending further action from the U.S. Supreme Court.
The state Supreme Court on Friday declined to delve into the legal chaos over whether Trump is disqualified as president under a section of the 14th Amendment dealing with “insurrection” until the U.S. Supreme Court regulations about a similar case from Colorado.
The Collorado Supreme Court issued a stunning ruling last month that kicked Trump off the ballot there. It ruled that Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol disqualified him from the presidency and that he led an “insurrection.”
Oregon was one of many states where liberal groups sued to remove Trump from the ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, a Civil War-era provision that bars those “engaged in insurrection” from holding office.
It comes after Trump attorney Alina Habba said she believes Judge Brett Kavanaugh will “step up” and fight for the former president.
A spokesperson for former U.S. President Donald Trump called an Oregon Supreme Court decision the “correct” one after it allowed him to remain on the state ballot for now pending a U.S. Supreme Court review.
The ruling in Colorado is on hold until the US Supreme Court hears an appeal from Trump. The nation’s highest court has never ruled on Section 3, which fell into disuse after the 1870s, when congressional action allowed most former Confederates back into government.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling could settle the issue once and for all, but the Oregon court said plaintiffs could try again there after the Supreme Court ruled on the Colorado appeal. Until then, it declined to take up the lawsuit filed by five Oregon voters and organized by the liberal group Free Speech For The People.
Meagan Flynn, the Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
“Today’s decision in Oregon was the right one,” Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung said. “President Trump urges swift dismissal of all remaining bad-faith, 14th Amendment election interference as unconstitutional attempts by allies of Crooked Joe Biden to disenfranchise millions of American voters and deny them the right to vote candidate to vote. of their choice. “President Trump will continue to fight these desperate shams, win in November and make America great again,” he said.