The Colorado Supreme Court has declared former US president Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the constitution's insurrection clause and removed him from the state's presidential primary ballot.
The decision sets up a likely showdown in the nation's highest court to decide whether the frontrunner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race.
It marks the first time in history that section 3 of the 14th amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate.
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