'First time it’s ever happened in American history' - Law expert on Trump ballot disqualification

Record ID: 1758915

  • Title: 'First time it’s ever happened in American history' - Law expert on Trump ballot disqualification
  • Date: 28th December 2023
  • Summary: SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 28, 2023) (REUTERS) NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL, PROFESSOR OF LAW, DEREK MULLER, SAYING: “So the Colorado Supreme Court's decision on December 19th was a major one, right? It's a decision from the highest state court disqualifying a candidate from the ballot. That has never happened before in American history. Those instances that aro
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  • Keywords: 2024 ELECTION CAPITOL RIOT DONALD TRUMP INSURRECTION
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  • City: VARIOUS
  • Country: US
  • Topics: North America,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA002868028122023RP1
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  • Story Text: The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday (December 27) asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene after Colorado's top court disqualified former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state's Republican primary ballot, an attorney for the Republican group said.
    The appeal comes after the Colorado Supreme Court on Dec. 19 disqualified Trump because of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. The court barred Trump under a U.S. constitutional provision prohibiting anyone who "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" from holding public office.
    Also on Wednesday (December 27), Trump scored a victory in his fight against challenges to his eligibility to run for the White House again when Michigan's top court declined to hear a case seeking to disqualify him from the state's presidential primary ballot.
    The Michigan Supreme Court said it would not hear an appeal from four voters in the state seeking to bar the former president from the Feb. 27 Republican primary for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
    Maine's secretary of state Shenna Bellows is expected to issue a decision on Trump's 14th amendment ballot eligibility in the coming days.
    (Production: Madeleine Stix)
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