The US Supreme Court appears poised to reject any efforts to oust former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot.

The first stage of the hearing process at the Supreme Court began today, Thursday, February 8, where the “block” in the nomination of the former president in Colorado and Maine was examined. Conservative and liberal justices alike have questioned whether Trump can be barred from the presidency again because of his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on Capitol Hill.

Their main concern was whether Congress should act before the states invoked a post-Civil War constitutional provision designed to bar former officials “engaged in rebellion” from holding office again. There were also doubts about whether the president was covered by the provision. In the absence of this congressional legislation, Justice Elena Kagan was among several justices who wanted to know “why a single state should decide who becomes president of the United States.”

Eight of the nine justices were open to at least some of the arguments made by Jonathan Mitchell, Trump’s Supreme Court lawyer. Only Justice Sonia Sotomayor looked likely to vote in favor of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling that said Trump has “engaged in sedition” and cannot run for president.

It is recalled that both Colorado and Maine held that Trump cannot take part in the Republican primarydue to his role in the January 6 uprising.

Trump could win the case if the court finds just one of those arguments persuasive.

For his part, the lawyer representing the voters, Jason Murray, emphasized that Trump instigated the attack on the Capitol to prevent a peaceful handover of power “for the first time in history.”

However, Jonathan Mitchell said the Capitol riot was not a riot and, even if it was, Trump was not involved.

Trump: It was a very beautiful process

Trump, speaking to reporters after the proceedings, said he was pleased with what he heard. “I think it was a very beautiful process,” he emphasized. “I hope that democracy in this country continues because right now we have a very, very difficult situation with all the radical leftist ideas,” he added from Mar-a-Lago in Florida.

According to analysts, the court is expected to issue a decision within the next few weeks.