Could the 14th Amendment bar Donald Trump from becoming president again?
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Editor’s note (February 8th 2024): Colorado’s supreme court ruled on December 19th that Donald Trump is ineligible to run for president again and cannot appear on the state’s primary ballot. Similar lawsuits have been filed in nearly 30 states. Mr Trump has appealed to America’s Supreme Court, which will hear oral arguments on February 8th.
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