Trump Seeks Stay in Dispute Over Maine Ballot Pending Supreme Court Ruling

Should the justices reinstate the former president on Colorado’s ballot, his Maine appeal “will also be rendered moot,” his attorneys said.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives for a rally in Sioux Center, Iowa, on Jan. 5, 2024. Scott Olson/Getty Images

Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has asked the Maine Superior Court to place his primary ballot disqualification appeal on hold as the U.S. Supreme Court decides whether he’s legally qualified to be president.

“In many ways, the current litigation is wholly unnecessary, unless President Trump is unsuccessful on all issues raised in the U.S. Supreme Court,” his attorneys wrote in their Jan. 8 motion to stay the case.