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A retired federal judge examines the oral arguments the Supreme Court heard on a case in which Colorado has blocked former President Donald Trump from the ballot.

Jackson pointed out, correctly, that the amendment lists specific positions (like senator) from which insurrectionists are disqualified.

The justices heard oral arguments on Colorado's decision to disqualify the former president for insurrection under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

Supreme Court justices asked tough questions, but the lawyer for activists seeking to bar Trump from the ballot apparently had a harder time.

The Supreme Court today heard former President Donald Trump's appeal of a Colorado ruling that booted him from the primary ballot in the state.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson emerged as an unlikely ally of former President Trump on Thursday when the Supreme Court heard arguments over an effort to block Trump from Colorado’s Republican primary ballot via the 14th Amendment’s Insurrection Clause. Jackson, a liberal justice and the most junior on the high court’s bench, seemed sympathetic to one of the offramps that would keep…

Brown was about not just Black students attending segregated schools in 1954, but similar racial segregation for generations to come.

More than 60 lawmakers signed onto the declaration as courts and state elections officials weigh whether the former president is eligible to hold office under the 14th Amendment.

When the Supreme Court considers whether Donald J. Trump is barred from appearing on Colorado’s ballot, a professor’s scholarship, long relegated to the fringes, will take center stage.

Non-profits and individuals have challenged the ex-president’s eligibility for office, citing the constitution’s 14th amendment