@jawarajabbi no, SCOTUS doesn't have the authority to kick Trump off the ballot even if they wanted to.
So no, there's no chance of that. It's just not their role in the election process.
@volkris @jawarajabbi Colorado's Court ruled him ineligible according to the Constitution (because of his role in Jan 6). SCOTUS will determine whether their interpretation is correct.
@jericevans Even if we go with that comment, you see how that comment doesn't say the Supreme Court will kick Trump off the ballot?
Because the Court doesn't have that authority, and that is a very important element of how the US government works, a very critical feature of the US system.
Even if the federal Court is reviewing the actions of the state Court, it's not the federal court that is acting there. It's still the state court.
@volkris @jawarajabbi Section 3 of the 14th amendment would make him ineligible to hold office for participating in an insurrection. That's what SCOTUS will rule on. If he is ineligible, then he can't legally be on the ballot.
@jericevans except no, that's not what the court will rule on, and it's imperative to point that out.
The question right now is over ballot access, not the holding of office.
It's a completely different question, and even at that point it has a whole lot of assumptions where it can go wrong.
@volkris @jawarajabbi I'm not sure where you're getting this. Everything I can find makes it pretty clear that SCOTUS is ruling on Colorado's interpretation of the 14th amendment. If you know something different, then "citation needed".