Maine Bars Trump From Ballot, Cites 14th Amendment

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally Dec. 17, 2023, in Reno, Nev. Maine's secretary of state on Dec. 28 declared Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause. FILE - Secretary of State Shenna Bellows speaks at an event, Jan. 4, 2023, in Augusta, Maine.

Maine's Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state's presidential primary ballot under the Constitution's insurrection clause, becoming the first election official to take action unilaterally as the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide whether Trump remains eligible to continue his campaign.