Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a former constitutional law professor, said he believes the Supreme Court will allow former President Trump to be on the Colorado ballot, but it may be up to Congress to decide. Colorado’s highest court kicked Trump off the state’s Republican primary ballot under the 14th Amendment in a 4-3 ruling Tuesday,…
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GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley appears to be gaining ground on former President Trump’s steady lead in New Hampshire, doubling her support in the early voting state since September, according to a new poll. The survey, published Thursday by the Saint Anselm College Survey Center (SACSC), found Haley garnered 30 percent of the likely Republican…
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Help keep Salon independentTrump lawyer Alina Habba took to the stage of an ultra-conservative convention over the weekend to brag about being sanctioned nearly $1 million by a Florida-based federal judge earlier this year. While delivering a speech at the four-day America Fest in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday, Habba recounted the outcome of a lawsuit she…
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One of the most difficult things to watch in this young presidential campaign is the tired tactic of accusing an opponent of one’s own sins, known variously as “deflection” or “projection.” We have to hope voters see through it. When a presidential candidate breaks the law but says it’s law enforcement’s fault for catching him, that’s deflection. When a presidential candidate flagrantly violates the Constitution…
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One expert said the case is a "hornet's nest" for the nation's highest court.As never before, the law and the 2024 election are poised to collide at the U.S. Supreme Court.All eyes are on what the justices will have to say if Trump's team follows through on a vow to appeal the explosive ruling by…
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WASHINGTON – The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday for information about the Justice Department surveilling a Senate staffer during the investigation about Donald Trump before the 2016 election.The Justice Department has told the House panel that the investigation of the so-called Steele dossier occurred during the Trump…
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Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis argued Wednesday that White House hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy’s push to withdraw from the Colorado ballot is “just playing into the left.” Asked on Newsmax’s “Newsline” if he would follow Ramaswamy’s pledge after the state Supreme Court ruled to ban former President Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment, DeSantis…
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A Dec. 15 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) includes several screenshots of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally with captions referencing deaths allegedly tied to a Panera Bread drink.“Everything is bad under Biden,” Trump’s purported remarks begin. “Even the lemonade is killing people. Did you see that? People drink lemonade and die.”Other…
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“If Trump ends up winning in 2024, don’t be surprised if Colorado suddenly becomes East Utah,” the comedian also quipped.
Former President Donald Trump’s bid to win back the White House is now threatened by two sentences added to the U.S. Constitution 155 years ago.The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday barred Trump from the state’s ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which prohibits anyone who swore an oath to support the Constitution and then “engaged…
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ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeFormer President Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on Colorado’s primary ballot next year based on constitutional grounds, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.The judges wrote that Trump can’t appear on the ballot because of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution.…
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The underdog presidential candidate got feisty in a swipe at the GOP frontrunner after he was removed from a primary ballot.
Reporter, HuffPostFormer Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb on Tuesday envisioned Donald Trump winning in a landslide his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court against being booted from the presidential primary ballot in Colorado.Earlier in the day, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Trump ineligible to appear on the state’s 2024 ballot — under the 14th…
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and Sen. John Thune (S.D.), the No. 2-ranking member of the Senate GOP leadership, are staying quiet on the state Supreme Court ruling barring former President Trump from the Colorado ballot. McConnell and Thune have held back from endorsing Trump, despite his commanding lead in the polls, and at various…
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Signals from the GOP that it plans to put bribery allegations front and center in its impeachment probe of President Biden have renewed questions over how Republicans can prove their most disputed claim. In making their case for the impeachment inquiry approved by the full House last week, GOP leaders stressed their commitment to investigating one of…
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A Colorado court’s decision to remove former President Trump from the ballot has threatened to upend the Republican primary race less than a month before voters begin casting ballots in other states. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Trump was disqualified from appearing on the state’s 2024 GOP primary ballot under the 14th Amendment, which…
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The Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to remove former President Trump from the state’s primary ballot is posing a political conundrum for primary rival Nikki Haley, who has seen a burst of momentum in recent weeks. The court ruled that Trump is disqualified from competing in the race under the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection clause,” finding that he violated his…
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The former Trump attorney declared that the GOP frontrunner is “playing to the lowest denominator of American.”
ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsThere are no new alerts at this timeThe Colorado Republican Party is considering switching its presidential contest to a caucus in the event that Donald Trump is ultimately ineligible to appear on the state’s primary ballot following a bombshell Colorado Supreme Court ruling. The prospective switch, which would come with major…
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Trump Colorado Ballot RulingAdvertisementSupported byTwo doctrines favored by the conservative supermajority — textualism and originalism — could play a crucial role in any decision by the justices on whether to keep Donald Trump on the ballot.By Charlie SavageReporting from WashingtonThe ruling by Colorado’s Supreme Court that former President Donald J. Trump is ineligible to be…
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