Colorado Gets High Court Argument Time in Trump Ballot Appeal

The US Supreme Court agreed to allow Colorado to argue in former President Donald Trump’s bid to appear on the state Republican primary ballot.

The court’s order Friday means the state at the Feb. 8 argument will join a group of Colorado voters who say Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 make him ineligible under the US Constitution’s “insurrection clause.”

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment bars certain public officials who have engaged in an “insurrection or rebellion” from holding future office.

The voters opposed Colorado’s motion for argument time, saying they “have taken the lead at all phases of this ...