ANALYSIS: Supreme Court Pushed into Election Fray Amid Trump Ballot Removal Decisions

‘The Supreme Court is highly likely to take this case fairly quickly.’

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Roberts in Washington on Jan. 31, 2020. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

News analysis

The U.S. Supreme Court faces mounting pressure to intervene in the efforts in multiple states to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot. After Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled President Trump be taken off the ballot, Maine’s secretary of state decreed so as well. Both have put their decisions on hold pending further appeals.