The Supreme Court will decide if Donald Trump can be kept off 2024 presidential ballots

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The Gazette
Article date: 
6 January 2024
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Colorado News
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The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the ballot for allegedly engaging in an “insurrection” as part of his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, inserting the court squarely in the 2024 presidential campaign.

The justices acknowledged the need to reach a decision quickly, as voters will soon begin casting presidential primary ballots across the country. The court agreed to take up Trump's appeal of a case from Colorado, where justices concluded he incited supporters, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack [sic] on the U.S. Capitol...