Marc Salinas served as legal counsel to President Donald J. Trump in connection with a 2024 legal challenge that sought to remove President Trump from the Massachusetts presidential primary ballot.
The matter was one of a series of challenges brought across the country seeking to keep President Trump off the ballot. In Massachusetts - one of the most reliably Democratic states in the nation - the case drew intense public attention and placed the attorneys involved at the center of a charged political moment.
Marc accepted the case out of a conviction that elections are best resolved by voters rather than by litigation. Taking on a matter of this visibility, in this state, called for a willingness to step into controversy that many attorneys declined. Marc did so enthusiastically because he believes that every candidate - and every voter who stands behind that candidate - is entitled to a fair election process, and he was honored to be entrusted with the case.
Hearings in the matter were held in Boston before the Massachusetts State Ballot Law Commission. The case then proceeded through the Massachusetts Appeals Court and on to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts - the Commonwealth’s highest court. The broader, nationwide controversy was ultimately resolved by the United States Supreme Court, which settled the question in President Trump’s favor and allowed his name to remain on the presidential ballot.
Marc Salinas was covered by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, The Boston Globe, The New York Times, Fox News, Politico, and GBH News (WGBH), along with numerous other local and national news outlets.