If Democrats\u2019 long-shot wish comes true and Donald Trump is blocked from being on ballots nationwide next year, it\u2019ll likely be due to an effort that began here in Colorado\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Courts in 2 other states say they wouldn\u2019t take Trump off the primary ballot due to his role in the January 6th<\/sup>, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol. A Denver judge heard closing arguments in the Colorado version of the case Wednesday. A group of voters, including some Republicans, claims the Constitution\u2019s 14th<\/sup> Amendment bars Trump from holding the Presidency because he incited the insurrection. His lawyers and Colorado Republicans say his \u201cstolen election\u201d claims were just \u201cfree speech,\u201d and taking him off the ballot would be \u201celection interference.\u201d One lawyer for the petitioners is Sean Grimsley, and Scott Gessler represents Trump\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n 231116 Grimsley\/Gessler- closings\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Q:\u2026ability to vote\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Minnesota Supreme Court would not take Trump off its primary ballot. Earlier this week, a Michigan court said Congress should make the call. The Denver judge says she\u2019ll rule before Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If Democrats\u2019 long-shot wish comes true and Donald Trump is blocked from being on ballots nationwide next year, it\u2019ll likely be due to an effort that began here in Colorado\u2026 (Fourteenth Amendment Case Wraps Up\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 :57) Courts in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rnrnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2078,"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2075\/revisions\/2078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rockymountainnewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}