This week marks the first of what could be many legal issues involving former President Donald Trump and the U.S. Supreme Court.
On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments over whether states can remove Trump from 2024 ballots for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol building.
This landmark case will largely hinge on how the word “insurrection” is defined, whether the events of Jan. 6 fit that definition and if the justices rule Trump played a major part.
“Even though President Trump didn’t engage in that behavior directly, they might argue that he encouraged it and therefore would be part of the process of insurrection,” Dr. Mark Caleb Smith, director of the Center for Political Studies at Cedarville University told CBN News.
In December, the Colorado state supreme court disqualified Trump “from holding the office of president under section 3 of the 14th Amendment” asserting he was “ineligible because he engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, after swearing an oath as president to support the U.S. Constitution.”
“The Constitution uses the word officer, but it doesn’t define President necessarily, as one of those officers,” explained Smith. “It lists other officers clearly but it
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