It would take a sweeping legal ruling for the Supreme Court to effectively kick former President Donald Trump off the ballot in Colorado and elsewhere, say legal scholars who’ve analyzed the arguments set for Thursday in the case.
“In order for Trump to lose, he has to lose bigly. Or is it big league? He has to lose on everything,” said Josh Blackman, a professor at South Texas College of Law in Houston.
Blackman was part of a panel discussion Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation, parent organization of The Daily Signal, along with other lawyers analyzing the case of Trump v. Anderson.
Addressing some points made by other speakers, Blackman said the nation’s highest court would have to overcome major obstacles to uphold the Colorado Supreme Court’s Dec. 19 decision to bar Trump from the state’s primary ballot because of his role in the Capitol riot of…
