'Kick Him Off the Ballot': Trump Was Just Handed a Big Legal Defeat

Wallace seemed to imply that the 14th Amendment could prevent Trump from appearing on the ballot when she claimed that the Republican Party’s candidate choice did not preclude Griswold from keeping Trump’s name off the ballot.

“’urther, the United States Supreme Court has made it clear that a Party’s right to put a candidate on the ballot is not unfettered,’ Here, Colorado’s ‘legitimate interest in protecting the integrity and practical functioning of the political process permits it to exclude from the ballot candidates who are constitutionally prohibited from assuming office.’”

Chief U.S. District Judge Philip A. Brimmer denied Trump’s petition to move the case to federal court.