The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to disqualify former US President Donald Trump (2017-2021) from running for the White House next year for his involvement in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, Reuters and EFE reported, according to data. Agerpres.

Michigan’s decision contrasts with a Colorado Supreme Court decision last week that disqualified Trump from the 2024 election in that state based on the same legal premise.

The plaintiffs, who were supported by a Colorado justice in an unprecedented decision, cited the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, which bars people who participated in the rebellion from holding elected office. This amendment was passed in 1868, after the Civil War in the United States, to prevent people associated with the Confederate South from coming to power.

Unlike in Colorado, the judges in Michigan argued that the case raised a political issue that should not be decided by the court system and dismissed the lawsuit without even starting a trial.

Currently, the rulings affect only Colorado and Michigan, because in the US federal system each state, not the nation, is responsible for organizing elections. Montana courts have also dismissed a similar case.

After the Colorado decision, the Trump campaign announced its intention to go to the US Supreme Court to ensure that the former president is on the ballot in every state in the country.

If the Supreme Court accepts the appeal, that court will have the final say on whether the 14th Amendment can be invoked in Trump’s case and whether he can run for president in 2024.

Six of the nine members of the High Court are considered conservative, three of whom were nominated by Trump himself during his term.

The Republican primaries begin Jan. 15 with caucuses in Iowa, and Trump is the favorite, according to all polls, to return against the incumbent, Democrat Joe Biden, in November’s election to the White House.

A recording of the phone call shows he sought to have the results in Michigan overturned

A recording of a telephone conversation released on December 22 by a US newspaper showed that former President Donald Trump pressured Republican officials in Michigan to convince them to certify the results of the state’s 2020 presidential election.

News, November 17, 2020 Trump pressured two Republican election agents in (northeast) Michigan who had just voted to certify the results of the presidential election in a district won by Democrat Joe Biden.

“We have to fight for our country,” “we can’t let these people steal our country,” he told two Wayne County Republicans, Monica Palmer and William Hartman, during a phone call, News.ro reported.