Effort To Disqualify Trump From 2024 Primary Ballot for His Role on January 6 Fails in Minnesota

The court leaves open the possibility that the 45th president could be knocked off the general election ballot in November. Parallel cases are being heard in other states, including Colorado.

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Jacob Chansley, center, and other rioters are confronted by U.S. Capitol Police on January 6, 2021. AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking to bar President Trump from the state’s 2024 primary ballot under a constitutional provision that forbids those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office.

The state’s high court declined to become the first in history to use Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to prevent someone from running for the presidency. The court dodged the central question of the lawsuit — whether Mr. Trump’s role in the January 6, 2021, breach of the Capitol disqualifies him from the presidency — by ruling that state law allows parties to put whomever they want on the primary ballot.

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