Colorado Trump Ban Puts Supreme Court in Hot Seat

The Colorado ruling disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the ballot puts a novel and highly sensitive set of constitutional questions before the Supreme Court, likely forcing the justices to intervene directly in a presidential election in a way not seen since Bush v. Gore in 2000.

Tuesday’s 4-3 decision by Colorado’s highest court found that Trump was disqualified from being president again because he engaged in insurrection by encouraging his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a bid to stop the certification of President...