Former President Donald Trump will remain on Michigan’s primary ballot after the state’s Supreme Court rejected an attempt to use the 14th Amendment’s ban against insurrectionists from taking office.
The news comes after Colorado‘s Supreme Court removed Trump from the primary ballot earlier this month, citing his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Michigan’s Supreme Court wrote it was “not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court” in a brief on Wednesday.
The suit was first brought by the advocacy group Free Speech For People on behalf of Michigan voters in September to determine Trump’s eligibility to appear on the ballot. The group claims Trump violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bans those who “engaged in insurrection” against the United States from holding any civil, military, or elected office without the approval of two-thirds of the House and Senate.
Several groups have attempted to use the “insurrection clause” to block Trump’s reelection bid in the aftermath of his 91 criminal indictments and his actions surrounding the Jan. 6 riot. Minnesota’s Supreme Court ruled to keep Trump on the ballot.
The two rulings in Michigan and Colorado come less than three weeks before the first voters head to the polls in the GOP primary season. The Colorado ruling is expected to go to the U.S. Supreme Court for a final decision.