The Queens Man Ruled Ineligible to Be President
Donald Trump’s unlikely legal doppelgänger could be a guy named Abdul Hassan.
In a few weeks, a judge in Colorado will hold a trial to decide whether to bar Donald Trump from the presidential ballot on the grounds that he “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the United States in violation of the Constitution. The proceeding has unsettled many people: Can an unelected judge really stop voters from supporting a candidate of their choosing? The answer is yes. Just ask Abdul Hassan.
Hassan ran for president in the 2012 election as an independent, on a platform of reducing the national debt. He created and , and bought digital ads to spread his message. But he had a problem: To get on the ballot in some states, including Colorado,
