CNN reports:
A trial to determine whether the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” applies to former President Donald Trump is set to begin Monday in Denver, a historic but likely long-shot case that could block him from Colorado’s presidential ballot in 2024.
The challengers sued Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold. They want a court order blocking Griswold from putting Trump’s name on Colorado’s GOP primary ballot and the general election ballot. Griswold, a Democrat, hasn’t taken a position on whether Trump is disqualified and said she’ll do what the judge orders her to do.
Trump has ridiculed the lawsuit at his campaign rallies. His lawyers and advisers have argued that it would be “un-American” to deprive voters the opportunity to decide whether the former president should return to the White House by removing him from the ballot.
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A trial to determine if the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” applies to former President Donald Trump is set to begin in Denver, a historic but likely longshot case that could block him from Colorado’s presidential ballot in 2024. https://t.co/iQE1x9EuPw
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