SCOTUS enters NO-MAN'S LAND
SCOTUS to wade into the 2024 presidential election. Yesterday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Donald Trump’s challenge to a Colorado ruling barring him from the state’s primary ballot. The case raises a novel legal question of whether the 14th Amendment’s clause banning people who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office applies to Trump—
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@Madken65 hell yes it applies to Trump, is applies to everyone
and inserts the high court into the middle of a presidential election for the first time since it decided Bush v. Gore in 2000. The case will be considered on an expedited schedule, with oral arguments on Feb. 8.
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