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The Supreme Court signaled Thursday it is poised to back former President Donald Trump and fend off a blockbuster challenge to his eligibility to appear on Colorado’s ballot. Here’s what to know from Thursday’s hearing.

'What about the idea that we should think about democracy ... the right of the people to elect candidates of their choice?' Kavanaugh asked.

The Supreme Court cut across partisan lines Thursday to make one concern shared by most of the justices quite clear: They were squeamish about a single state…

  Washington — The Supreme Court appeared skeptical that Colorado could exclude former President Donald Trump from the state's primary ballot, with justices on both sides of the ideological spectrum warning during oral arguments about the consequences of doing so. declare ineligible to run for the White House. The case, known as Trump v. Anderson, […]

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seems poised to reject attempts to kick former President Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Thursday surrounding the question of whether former President Donald Trump can be legitimately removed from Colorado's election ballot.

Justices intensely questioned attorneys who argued he should be removed from Colorado's primary ballot.

The dispute comes from Colorado — but it could have national implications for Trump and his political fate.

By losing sight of Jan. 6, Colorado also lost its most compelling argument: the horror of having an insurrectionist clamber back into the White House after siccing his supporters, armed and deluded, on Congress, to take back by force an election he convinced them he’d won.

Mitchell further sought to characterize the events of the day as a "riot," but not, importantly for his case, an "insurrection."