Takeaways from Trump’s Supreme Court win: He stays on ballot, but his legal peril is just starting

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
Associated Press

DENVER (AP) — Former President Donald Trump scored a clear win at the U.S. Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled that states don’t have the ability to bar him or any other federal candidates  from the ballot under a rarely used constitutional provision that prohibits those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. The Monday decision shuts down a push in dozens of states to end Trump’s candidacy through a clause in the 14th Amendment, written to prevent former Confederates from serving in government after the Civil War. But it may open the door to further electoral uncertainty, exposing more state officials to disqualification under the provision and setting up a constitutional showdown should Trump win the election.