The Minnesota Supreme Court just issued an Order on the petition asking that the Minnesota Secretary of State bar Donald Trump from all election ballots, based on the Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3 of the United States Constitution.
The Minnesota Supreme Court’s Order may be found here. https://mncourts.gov/mncourtsgov/media/High-Profile-Cases/A23-1354/Order-Dismiss-Not-Stipulated,-Entire-Case.pdf In essence, the Court agreed with petitioner on a number of threshold issues, but correctly as far as I can tell, determined that it is premature to rule on whether Trump may be kept off the general election ballot. If, however, the delegates to the Republican National Convention nominate him, then the suit may be brought again, because then, but only then, would the courts have to decide the question of whether Trump engaged in an insurrection against the Constitution.
If the U.S. Supreme Court were to agree with the Minnesota Supreme Court as to the premature nature of the petition, it could also conclude that it would be premature to finally rule on Trump’s eligibility unless and until Trump electors actually won a majority of the Electoral College votes. Thus kicking the can down the road even further.
So it is now up to the Republican primary voters and the national convention to decide whether to potentially throw the nation into chaos a year from now. See https://davidfishback.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-chaos-created-by-trump-gets-more.html
And if they decide to risk such chaos, the only way to prevent the chaos will be for the voters to give a majority of the Electoral College to the Democratic nominee.
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