Maine;s top court delays verdict on Donald Trump ballot appeal
The pause will allow for the US Supreme Court to rule first on a similar case in Colorado.
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The pause will allow for the US Supreme Court to rule first on a similar case in Colorado.
A Maine judge on Wednesday put on hold a decision on former President Donald Trump’s ballot status to allow time for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a similar case in Colorado. Trump’s lawyers appealed in state court when Secretary of State Shenna Bellows removed the Republican front-runner from…
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Feb. 8 on whether Donald Trump is disqualified to be president again. States are divided.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Maine court on Wednesday said the state should wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on Donald Trump's appeal of his disqualification from Colorado's Republican primary ballot before reevaluating a similar decision in the northeast state. Maine State Superior Court Judge Michaela Murphy ordered Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, to reassess her decision to bar the former U.S. president from the primary ballot within 30 days after the Supreme Court rule
The pause will allow for the US Supreme Court to rule first on a similar case in Colorado.