Lawyers for Donald Trump are taking their battle against the campaign to disqualify him from state presidential elections over his actions in the 2021 Capitol attack to the United States Supreme Court today, in a case with major ramifications for the November election. .

The nine Supreme Court justices, three of whom have been appointed by Trump, will hear his arguments against a lower court’s decision to disqualify him from the Colorado GOP primary under the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. after ruling that the former president was involved in rebellion.

The 14th Amendment prevents from holding public office any “officer of the United States” who had taken an oath “to uphold the Constitution of the United States” and then “engaged in rebellion or opposition (to the Constitution), or gave aid to enemies (of Constitution)”.

Trump is not expected to attend today’s hearing, which is scheduled for 10 a.m. (local time, 17:00 Greek time). Instead, he plans to start the day at his Florida residence and travel to Nevada, according to a source familiar with his plans. Trump is expected to comfortably win tonight’s Republican primary in that state to face Democratic President Joe Biden on November 5.

The case calls on the Supreme Court to play a central role in a presidential race, something it has not done since the court’s landmark decision in Bush v. Gore, which in 2000 gave the presidency to George W. . Bush versus Democrat Al Gore.

The justices may soon be faced with another Trump-related case, however. Trump has until Monday to ask the Supreme Court to intervene after a US appeals court rejected his claim of immunity in one of two cases in which he faces criminal charges related to his efforts to overturn the election. his defeat, in 2020, by Biden.

The decision, handed down Dec. 19 by Colorado’s top court, came amid a broader — and mostly unsuccessful — effort by anti-Trump forces to disqualify him in more than 20 other states over his actions related to attack that took place on January 6, 2021 against the Capitol. Maine has also barred him from running for president, but that decision has been put on hold pending the Supreme Court’s decision in the Colorado case.

The judges may soon announce their decision, Reuters notes. The Colorado primary is scheduled for March 5. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is Trump’s only challenger remaining in the presidential race.