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    Donald Trump, the Supreme Court, and the 14th Amendment

    by Henry Gass Jan 25, 2024 4 minutes

    Next month the Supreme Court of the United States will have to decide a seemingly straightforward but monumental question: Is the presidency included in a constitutional provision barring insurrectionists from federal office?

    The case, Trump v. Anderson, challenges a ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court that former President Donald Trump – the current front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination – is disqualified by Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. That provision, enacted after the Civil War, bars anyone who “engaged in insurrection” from holding public office.

    But that ruling overturned the decision of a trial judge in Denver. Both the trial judge and

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