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Cite as:  601 U. S. ____ (2024) 

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Per Curiam 

States”  and  the  President  is  not  an  “officer  of  the  United 
States” within the meaning of that provision.  See App. to 
Pet. for Cert. 184a–284a. 

In  December,  the  Colorado  Supreme  Court  reversed  in 
part and affirmed in part by a 4 to 3 vote.  Reversing the 
District  Court’s  operative  holding,  the  majority  concluded 
that  for  purposes  of  Section  3,  the  Presidency  is  an  office
under the United States and the President is an officer of 
the United States.  The court otherwise affirmed, holding
(1) that the Colorado Election Code permitted the respond-
ents’ challenge based on Section 3; (2) that Congress need 
not pass implementing legislation for disqualifications un-
der Section 3 to attach; (3) that the political question doc-
trine  did  not  preclude  judicial  review  of  former  President
Trump’s eligibility; (4) that the District Court did not abuse 
its discretion in admitting into evidence portions of a con-
gressional Report on the events of January 6; (5) that the 
District  Court did not err in concluding that  those events
constituted  an  “insurrection”  and  that  former  President 
Trump “engaged in” that insurrection; and (6) that former
President  Trump’s  speech  to  the  crowd  that  breached  the 
Capitol on January 6 was not protected by the First Amend-
ment.  See id., at 1a–114a. 

The Colorado Supreme Court accordingly ordered Secre-
tary  Griswold not to “list President Trump’s  name on the 
2024  presidential  primary  ballot”  or  “count  any  write-in
votes cast for him.”  Id., at 114a.  Chief Justice Boatright 
and Justices Samour and Berkenkotter each filed dissent-
ing opinions.  Id., at 115a–124a, 125a–161a, 162a–183a. 

Under the terms of the opinion of the Colorado Supreme
Court,  its  ruling  was  automatically  stayed  pending  this
Court’s review.  See id., at 114a.  We granted former Presi-
dent Trump’s petition for certiorari, which raised a single 
question: “Did the Colorado Supreme Court err in ordering
President Trump excluded from the 2024 presidential pri-
mary ballot?”  See 601 U. S. ___ (2024).  Concluding that it