There are a myriad of other legal reasons why the long-shot legal bids to barthe former presidentand current Republican primary frontrunner from the ballot could fail, from limits on the role of state courts to whether Section 3 applies to the president. But perhaps none resonate like the de...
California's secretary of state declined to remove Donald Trump from the presidential primary ballot despite a call for her to do so from the state's lieutenant governor. Dr. Shirley Weber did not immediately issue a comment on her decision to include Trump after her office released th...
not a resident, not a natural-born citizen, and Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is one of those qualifications," she said, noting that if a political party wanted to list former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on the Colorado ballot, for example, her office would not allow it because...
Trump posted on his social media network shortly after the decision was released: “BIG WIN FOR AMERICA!!!” The outcome ends efforts in Colorado, Illinois, Maine and elsewhere to kick Trump, the front-runner for his party’s nomination, off the ballot because of his attempts to un...
The Supreme Court weighing in on Donald Trump’s ballot eligibility in Colorado raises the question: Should Colorado get to decide who gets to be president of the United States? Colorado Sec. of State Jena Griswold (D) joins Joy Reid to clarify that ques
California ‘I must be better than Trump’: Why California’s elections chief is keeping the former president on the ballot Dec. 29, 2023 Trump deserves some due process, Hasen said. “There are two separate questions,” the professor said. “Was he pa...
around for a while, not something put together for this purpose) filed alawsuitin Colorado. The suit seeks an injunction forcing the Colorado Secretary of State to leave Trump’s name off the state’s Republican primary ballot, for reasons that would also apply to a general election ballot. ...
People wait in line to cast their ballot during the Midterm Elections at Fox Theatre on November 08, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images It's unclear how voters will react to the news of Trump's indictment, but a recent poll touched on the question. ...
"California must stand on the right side of history," Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis wrote to Secretary of State Shirley Weber in a Dec. 20 letter. "California is obligated to determine if Trump is ineligible for the California ballot for the same reasons described in Anderson (the Colorado cas...
But on the main point of whether Colorado can kick Trump off the ballot -- the justices unanimously agreed. While it is a big win for Trump, it's just the beginning of his legal troubles. The Supreme Court will debate whether he is immune from criminal prosecution next month. He faces ...