Could the Courts Actually Take Trump Off the Ballot?
A group of voters in Colorado are trying to use the Fourteenth Amendment to keep the former president’s name off the state’s 2024 ballot.
by John Hendrickson
Oct 31, 2023
5 minutes
Updated at 1:36 p.m. ET on November 1, 2023
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A group of voters in Colorado are trying to use the power of the court to keep Donald Trump’s name off the state’s 2024 ballot. Below, I look at this week’s contentious Fourteenth Amendment trial in Denver—and speak with Trump’s co-defendant in the case.
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