The Supreme Court has announced that it will release a single opinion on Monday, March 4, 2024. Since the Colorado primary is on March 5, Super Tuesday, everyone is assuming the Court wants to get the decision out before Tuesday.
It has been noted that normally opinions are read from the bench and Monday is not a decision day.
William Jacobson over at Legal Insurrection reports:
Making predictions based on oral arguments normally is risky, but I’ll take that risk: The Supreme Court will reverse not on the merits of whether Trump committed insurrection (that is not before them), but on any one of a number of issues raised that the Colorado Supreme Court exceeded its authority ….
I’m not sure it’s 9-0, Sotomayor may be a dissent, but it sure is looking like a strong majority if not unanimous result of SCOTUS saying: Not us, not now.
I agree with Jacobson. Allowing states to unilaterally decide who can be on the ballot and who cannot be would unleash a free-for-all across the country. There are already movements underway to disqualify Biden in some states.