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Supreme Court appears set to strike down Colorado ruling to kick Trump off 2024 ballot

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US Supreme Court justices appeared to doubt state authority to disqualify Donald Trump from holding public office, after the former president challenged a landmark court ruling from Colorado’s highest court which found him ineligible for the presidency due to his actions surrounding January 6.

An historic two-hour hearing at the nation’s highest court on Thursday heard oral arguments in a case that could determine whether the leading candidate for the Republican Party’s nomination for president can remain on ballots in primary elections.

Last year, justices on Colorado’s Supreme Court disqualified Mr Trump under the scope of Section 3 of the , which holds that “no person” can hold

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