Trump Asks Supreme Court to Overturn His Removal From Colorado Primary Ballot

WASHINGTON—Former President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the decision by Colorado’s highest court that removed him from the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot because of his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

“In the context of the history of violent American political protests, Jan. 6 was not insurrection and thus no justification for invoking Section 3,” Trump’s brief argues, referring to the 14th Amendment provision barring individuals who engaged in insurrection or rebellion after swearing an oath to the Constitution from holding public office.