When the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Anderson, many critics of former President Donald Trump feared that the justices would strike down a Colorado Supreme Court ruling barring Trump from their state ballot based on Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment. Even Justice Elena Kagan, a Barack Obama appointee, expressed great skepticism about the Colorado justices’ reasoning. Sure enough, the High Court struck down the Colorado ruling — and by extension, similar Section 3-based decisions in Maine and Illinois — on Monday, March 4. The decision was unanimous, wit…
