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“A Sad Day”: How the Colorado Disqualification Case is Bringing Back Some Bad Memories for the Supreme Court

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in The Messenger on the challenge facing the Supreme Court in the coming week over the electoral disqualification of former president Donald Trump in Colorado and Maine. Colorado is expected to file with the Court this week. 4th, Colorado could seek to moot any appeal and avoid review. Supreme Court challenge.

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The Guardians of Democracy: Democrats Move to Protect Democracy from Itself

JonathanTurley

In other states, Democratic politicians and lawyers are pursuing a different strategy: “You can have any candidate, as long as it isn’t Trump.” In states from Colorado to Michigan, Democratic operatives are arguing that Trump must be taken off the ballots because he gave “aid and comfort” to an “insurrection or rebellion.”

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