Former US President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the federal Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the state Supreme Court in Colorado, which shocked the US political scene by ruling that the tycoon is ineligible to run for president because of his actions when his supporters attacked the federal Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Second state, Maine, also ruled that the front-runner in the Republican race to be their nominee in November’s presidential election is “unfit to serve as president” because of an attack on Capitol Hill by Mr. Trump’s supporters who sought to prevent the endorsement of Joe Biden’s opponent in the 2020 election.

Donald Trump has already appealed to the courts against the decision made by the authorities in Maine last Tuesday. And yesterday Wednesday, his lawyers asked the federal Supreme Court — three of whose members were named by the former president himself — to review the Colorado case and overturn the decision of the Supreme Court of that western state.

According to their argument, if the decision is not set aside, “it will mark the first time in US history that the judicial system has prevented voters from casting their ballots for a major party’s primary presidential candidate.”

“The question of eligibility for the office of President of the United States is, properly, a matter for Congress to be considered and decided, not by state courts,” they added.

The decisions of the authorities in the states of Maine and Colorado are based on the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, which prohibits any person involved in “mutiny” or “insurrection” from holding public office.

At their request, The tycoon’s lawyers also argue that Article 3 of this Amendment does not apply in his case as he was still president on January 6, and that the events of that day were not a “rebellion” and the tycoon was “in no way involved in a rebellion” ».

The decisions of the authorities in Maine and Colorado do not at this stage concern only the intra-party vote of the Republicans, which will be held in these two states on (“Super Tuesday”) March 5th. Moreover, they are not applicable while court proceedings are ongoing. This likely means that Donald Trump’s name will eventually be on the ballot in both states.

The Republican ex-president and his most passionate supporters continue to argue, without presenting any evidence that he was the winner of the 2020 presidential election.