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Carrie Johnson

Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of effort to remove Trump from a state ballot

Donald Trump Rick Hasen Jason Murray Colorado Scott Gessler the Supreme Court Joe Biden the US Supreme Court NPR Republican
A banner is displayed in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday as justices prepared to hear arguments in a case about whether former President Donald Trump can be disqualified from state ballots. The case has profound implications for the 2024 presidential election. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court appeared skeptical Thursday of the effort to disqualify Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump from a state primary ballot because he allegedly engaged in an insurrection to try to cling to power after he lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden.

The historic dispute comes from Colorado, where the state's Supreme Court threw Trump off Colorado's Republican primary ballot. But the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling could have national implications for Trump and his political fate.

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