Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to a crowd during a campaign rally on September 25, 2023 in Summerville, South Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
"Obviously, they were not making legal arguments, but political ones."
Ilya Shapiro, director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute, told Fox News Digital that the "unanimous Supreme Court got it right."
"States can’t create a patchwork of ways for disqualifying candidates for federal office," Shapiro added. "There’s disagreement among the justices about which federal actors can do so, and according to which procedures, so perhaps it would be a good idea for Congress to clarify these issues by enacting a new version of the Enforcement Act of 1870."
"But regardless, in a polarized time of record-low societal trust in institutions, it’s a good thing that voters will decide whether Donald Trump can return to the White House, not Colorado’s supreme court, Maine’s secretary of state, or any other state or local officials."
"The Supreme Court justices brought order to what could have become a chaotic election season by shutting down this partisan, anti-democratic, and unconstitutional effort in Colorado," Heritage Foundation legal fellows Hans von Spakovsky and Charles Stimson wrote in a press release. "They found a 'combination' of constitutional grounds that 'resolves this case,' and that explains why the Colorado court got it wrong."
TRUMP SAYS SUPREME COURT RULING IN COLORADO CASE IS 'UNIFYING AND INSPIRATIONAL'
The U.S. Supreme Court (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)
"We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office. But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency," the Court wrote.
"A great win for America. Very, very important!" Trump told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview Monday morning.
"Equally important for our country will be the decision that they will soon make on immunity for a president — without which, the presidency would be relegated to nothing more than a ceremonial position, which is far from what the founders intended," Trump told Fox News Digital. "No president would be able to properly and effectively function without complete and total immunity."
He added, "Our country would be put at great risk."
Fox News Digital’s Brooke Singman and Anders Hagstrom contributed to this report
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.
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