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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ariana Baio

Effort to remove Trump from Minnesota ballot wrestles with a thorny question: What is an insurrection?

AP

During oral arguments before the Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday, the justices returned to a question at the centre of an effort to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot: What is an insurrection?

But for the justices weighing whether to apply Section 3 – dubbed the “insurrection clause” – of the 14th Amendment to Mr Trump’s election eligibility, it requires pinpointing who gets to define an insurrection and when one occurs.

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