More States May Try to Block Trump From Ballot Unless SCOTUS Acts, Professor Warns

A law professor warned that more states and courts may move to block former President Donald Trump from appearing on state ballots for the 2024 election unless the U.S. Supreme Court acts. Thursday’s ruling from Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, a Democrat, to block the former president from appearing on the state’s ballot demonstrates the need for the nation’s highest court to clarify what states can do. “It is clear that these decisions are going to keep popping up, and inconsistent decisions reached (like the many states keeping Trump on the ballot over challenges) until there is final and decisive guidance from the U.S. Supreme Court,” Rick Hasen, a law professor at the University of California-Los Angeles, wrote in response. “It seems a certainty that SCOTUS will have to address the merits sooner or later,” he added, referring to the U.S. Supreme Court....