The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Donald Trump to appear on every state’s ballot, despite a constitutional provision barring from office insurrectionists who had previously sworn to support the Constitution. All nine justices agreed that states have no power to bar presidential candidates under Section 3 of the 14th amendment. But five of the six Republican-appointed justices went much further. This narrow majority ruled that only Congress can create the procedure for disqualifying insurrectionists from federal office—and they reserved considerable power for the Supreme Court to make the final decision.

Source: The Supreme Court Went Out of Its Way to Protect Trump – Mother Jones