Legal scholars differ on Trump’s 2024 eligibility

When the Supreme Court hears arguments in Trump v. Anderson on Thursday, it will consider arguments that have been put forth by law professors who disagree on whether the former president is eligible to run again.

But the differing opinions are not cleanly cut across partisan lines, as one libertarian professor has argued that Colorado was correct to say President Donald Trump should be barred from the ballot due to his alleged role in the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Several Federalist Society-affiliated professors have also taken this view, citing the 14th Amendment’s clause about insurrectionists not being able to run for president.