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History, democracy and violence: Groups weigh in to SCOTUS ahead of Trump disqualification arguments
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In the days leading up to the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic consideration of whether Donald Trump is constitutionally barred from seeking another term as president, 73 sets of legal briefs representing thousands of individuals and organizations flooded in to offer perspectives on the Colorado Supreme Court’s finding of Trump’s ineligibility. Although most of the “amicus” —…
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Colorado justices grapple with unprecedented possibility of disqualifying Trump from ballot
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared hesitant to be the first in the nation to declare Donald Trump ineligible to appear on next year’s ballot under a constitutional provision generally barring insurrectionists from holding office. At the same time, the justices were critical of Trump’s arguments for keeping him on the ballot,…
