SCOTUS to consider Trump 14th Amendment ballot disqualification case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it would consider the appeal of former President Donald Trump's disqualification from the Colorado GOP primary ballot.

Moving with relative speed in matter that could prove consequential in the 2024 presidential election, the justices set oral arguments for Thursday, Feb. 8.

Trump's team on Wednesday asked the high court to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court's explosive decision deeming him ineligible to run for the White House in 2024 because, it said, he «engaged in insurrection» on Jan. 6, 2021.

«The issues presented in this petition are of exceptional importance and urgently require this court's prompt resolution,» his attorneys wrote.

A Trump campaign spokesperson said it was «confident» the Supreme Court will «affirm the civil rights of President Trump, and the voting rights of all Americans in a ruling that will squash all of the remaining ballot challenge hoaxes once and for all,» in a statement to ABC News.

«We welcome a fair hearing at the Supreme Court to argue against the bad-faith, election-interfering, voter-suppressing, Democrat-backed and Biden-led, 14th Amendment abusing decision to remove President Trump's name from the 2024 ballot in the state of Colorado,» Steven Cheung said.

“Coloradans, and the American people, deserve clarity on whether someone who engaged in insurrection may run for the country's highest office. I urge the Court to prioritize this case and issue a ruling as soon as possible," Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said in a statement.

«We look forward to representing the six courageous Republican and unaffiliated Colorado voters who brought this lawsuit,» CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) the group that's representing