Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Against Democrats' Effort To Remove Trump From 2024 Presidential Ballot

The Supreme Court of United States(SCOTUS) on Monday, ruled unanimously against Colorado’s attempt to kick Republican frontrunner Donald Trump off the 2024 presidential primary ballot.

The SCOTUS ruling in favor of Trump's arguments in the case will impact the status of efforts in several other Democrat-controlled states to remove the likely GOP nominee from their respective ballots. Such illegal political and judicial tactics, critics say, is an effort by incumbent President Joe Biden's Democrat party to deny voters their constitutional right to vote for Trump.

"I want to start by thanking the Supreme Court for its unanimous decision today," Trump said from Mar-a-Lago in remarks reacting to the SCOTUS ruling. "It was a very important decision, were very well crafted, and I think it will go a long way toward bringing our country together, which our country needs. And they worked long, they worked hard, and frankly, they worked very quickly on something that will be spoken about 100 years from now and 200 years from now. Extremely important. Essentially, you cannot take somebody out of a race because an opponent would like to have it that way. And it has nothing to do with the fact that it's the leading candidate, whether it was the leading candidate or a candidate that was well down on the totem pole. You cannot take somebody out of a race. The voters can take the person out of the race very quickly. But a court shouldn't be doing that. And the Supreme Court saw that very well. And I really do believe that will be a unifying factor because while most states were thrilled to have me know, there were some that didn't and they didn't want that for political reasons."

The Supreme Court also agreed last week, to hear arguments on presidential immunity, after Trump and his legal team brought the appeal to the high court. Those arguments will be heard beginning on April 22. A Supreme Court decision is expected in mid-to-late June. Special Counsel Jack Smith's election interference case is on hold pending that ruling. 

"If a president doesn't have full immunity, you really don't have a president because nobody that is serving in that office will have the courage to make, in many cases what would be the right decision, or it could be the wrong decision," Trump said, adding that a president should not be prosecuted for doing something that is "for the good of the country and actually for the good of the world." 

"A president shouldn't have that on his mind, and he has to have a free and clear mind when he makes very big decisions or it's going to be nothing more than a ceremonial post," he explained. "You'll be president. That'll be a wonderful thing. And you won't do anything because you don't want to be hit by your opponent or hit by somebody else because who wants to leave office and go through what I've gone through?"