Maine Superior Court issues a stay on state's decision to bar Trump from primary ballot

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The Maine Superior Court issued a stay of the secretary of state’s decision to remove former President Trump from the state's Republican primary ballot pending a decision from the United States Supreme Court. 

Trump appealed Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows' ruling earlier this month, but the court on Wednesday said it will not consider the matter until the high court issues its own decision in a related case out of Colorado, saying it would be "imprudent" for the court to rule on it before then. 

The court denied Trump’s motion to "supplement the record," denied his motion to "stay proceedings," but also "stays the secretary of state’s ruling, pending the decision by the Supreme Court."

The court remanded the matter to the secretary "for further proceedings as necessary in light of the United States Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision in Trump v. Anderson."

"As part of this remand, the secretary is ordered to await the Supreme Court’s decision in Anderson, and no later than thirty days after Anderson’s issuance, to issue a new Ruling modifying, withdrawing, or confirming her prior Ruling dated December 28, 2023," the court ruled.

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Authored by Brooke Singman via FoxNews January 17th 2024