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Supreme Court Justices Express Misgivings About Upholding Colorado’s Decision To Keep Donald Trump Off Ballot — Update
The former president is not expected to appear at the hearing.
Demonstrators at the Supreme Court on ThursdayPhoto by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images News networks prepared for a morning of audio-only legal arguments, as attorneys for the state of Colorado and Donald Trump campaign’s appear before the Supreme Court as the justices weigh whether the former president is eligible to appear on the state’s ballot. That prohibits those who taken an oath to uphold the Constitution from holding office if they have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion.” A majority of the state’s judge’s concluded that Trump did on January 6, 2021, when he appeared before a rally and encouraged his supporters to march to the Capitol where lawmakers were certifying the Electoral Vote count. Trump’s legal team has argued that the former president did not take part in an insurrection, and that, as the commander in chief, he was not an “officer” of the United States, as is specified in the 14th Amendment clause.
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