Supreme Court Hears Landmark Election Case Seeking to Kick Trump Off Ballot Over Capitol Attack

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s appeal to remain on the 2024 ballot is coming before the Supreme Court.

On Thursday, in the justices’ biggest election case since Bush v. Gore, the court will be weighing arguments over whether Trump is disqualified from reclaiming the White House because of his efforts to undo his 2020 election loss, ending with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The case marks the first time the justices will be considering a constitutional provision that was adopted after the Civil War to prevent former officeholders who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office again. Colorado’s Supreme Court kicked Trump off the state’s Republican primary ballot in ruling that he incited the Capitol riot.

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