As the Supreme Court prepares for a crucial hearing on whether former President Donald Trump should be included on the Republican primary ballot in Colorado, legal scholars are turning their attention to the annals of history, specifically Chief Justice Salmon Chase’s rulings during the aftermath of the Civil War, reported NBC News.
Chase’s decisions in two notable cases from the late 1860s, one involving Confederate President Jefferson Davis and another, a Black man named Caesar Griffin, are resurfacing in court filings related to Trump’s eligibility under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
The enforcement of Section 3 is a critical legal issue in Trump’s case, with potential consequences if other states adopt Colorado’s approach to removing him from the ballot.
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