Maine Supreme Court Declines to Rule on Trump Ballot Eligibility Pending Colorado Supreme Court Decision

Maine's top court declined to intervene in the decision to keep former President Donald Trump off the state's primary ballot, deferring to the US Supreme Court's pending ruling on a similar case in Colorado. Democratic Secretary of State Shenna Bellows had determined that Trump didn't meet ballot qualifications under the insurrection clause in the US Constitution, but a judge put that decision on hold pending the Supreme Court's decision. The US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on the Colorado case on Feb. 8, and Maine's primary is scheduled for March 5.