Next month, the US Federal Supreme Court will consider the question of whether former President Donald Trump can participate in the presidential elections next November. Last month, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump should be banned from the voting list because of his role in the January 2021 storming of the Capitol. In Maine, Trump is now also no longer allowed to appear on the voting list. Ballot.

Trump appealed the Colorado ruling to federal court, which will now intervene in the case. The first hearing is scheduled to be held on February 8, and then the court’s decision will be applied to the entire country.

The case is likely to be heard at a rapid pace, even before primaries in several states. In many states, people will go to the polls on March 5 during Super Tuesday. The court appears to want to issue a ruling before then.

In Colorado, Trump was banned from the ballot on the basis of an old constitutional provision dating back to the period immediately after the American Civil War. This article, Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, states that persons holding political office shall not have engaged in insurrection or rebellion.

Trump’s defense says the article does not apply to presidents, and that Trump did not participate in an insurrection. The Federal Court will have to decide how to interpret this article.