Trump deploys legal heavyweights to SCOTUS to argue a technicality in Colorado ban. I don't see him surviving this - it is not a culture war issue ala Roe v Wade - so the conservative majority cannot save him.
Arguing POTUS is not US officer
- is unconvincing letter over spirit straw.
Either they ban him outright and immediately kill his political career, ie uphold the spirit over the letter,
Or affirm that interpretation is a state function as there is no Federal/Congressional law related to the 14th amendment, and dismiss the case. States indeed have varying electoral laws or rules for primaries, redistricting, assigning electoral college votes, etc - provided no Federal law is violated.
Or well I am wrong and the 'spirit' is the clause was
only meant for Civil War secessionists.
Unlikely because Trump's lawyers are not making this argument.
The conservative legal world lines up behind Donald Trump at the Supreme CourtFri January 26, 2024officer
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/politics/supreme-court-trump-colorado-mitchell-analysis/index.html