Trump to Stay on Michigan GOP Ballot, State’s Top Court Says
- Ruling comes a week after Trump was kicked off Colorado ballot
- Critics say US Constitution bans insurrectionists from office
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The Michigan Supreme Court left intact a ruling allowing Donald Trump to stay on the state’s Republican primary ballot next year despite his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, one week after Colorado’s high court ruled he’s ineligible to serve.
A majority of the Michigan justices said in a one-paragraph order Wednesday that they were “not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court.” They denied a request by Trump opponents for permission to appeal a decision by a state appeals court earlier this month in favor of the former president.