ineligible to appear on that state s 2024 republican primary ballot, because he incited an insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6th. almost three years ago. with her ruling, they ve now become the second state to say that trump is ineligible to appear on the 2024 republican primary ballot. the bell s decision comes a week after the colorado supreme court issued a similar ruling. that ruling is now being appealed by both sides, the nation s highest court. the nine justices of the supreme court are being petition to settle the issue of whether trump is barred from serving as president under section three of the 14th amendment, which bars any candidate from holding the office who engaged in insurrection. in her ruling tonight, the secretary of state wrote, and i quote, i have little trouble concluding that the events of january 6th, 2021 were an insurrection within the meaning of section three of the 14th amendment. to the record establishes that mr. trump over the course
when the many legal troubles facing donald trump will come to a head, tonight the ex president has just lost access to the presidential ballot in a second state. secretary of state from maine ruled that, quote, donald j trump is not qualifi to hold the office of president under section three of the 14th amendment. which bars people who have engaged in insurrection from holding office. quote, the events of january 6th, 2021, where unprecedented and tragic. and the evidce here demonstrates that they occurred at the behest of and with the knowledge and support of the outgoing president. she adds, quote, i am mindful that no secretary of state has ever deprived presidential candidate of ballot access based on section three of the 14th amendment. i am also mindful however that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection. the main ruling comes just about a week before the colorado state supreme court reached the same conclusion. bayard trump from the ballot. t