The court found that the Constitution bars the 2024 Republican nominee from appearing on the ballot because of his role in inciting violence against the U.S. government.

The ruling only applies to the state’s March 5 Republican primary, but its completion will likely also affect its status in the Nov. 5 presidential election. Experts believe Colorado is likely to flip to the Democratic side, which means the president is likely to defect to the Democrats. Joe Biden Wins State Regardless of Fate trump.

The lawsuit was brought by a group of Colorado voters, with support from the group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, who argued that trump He should be disqualified for inciting his supporters to attack the Capitol in a failed attempt to stop the transfer of presidential power to Biden after the 2020 election.

It is quite likely that trump appeal the decision to the Supreme Court. His campaign denounced challenges to the 14th Amendment as an attempt to deprive millions of voters of their preferred choice for president.

The decision is a victory for human rights groups and anti-trump who filed several similar lawsuits against the candidacy trump under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, passed after the Civil War.

The decision overturns the decision of a lower court judge who found that trump participated in the insurrection, inciting his followers to violence, but as president he was not an “official of the United States” who could be disqualified under the amendment. (Reuters).