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Because everyone will likely be restless and itchy about today’s hearing, I’m putting up an open thread.
Feel free to discuss Trump v. Anderson here but bring all your off-topic discussion to this thread, stay on topic in other threads.
Wikipedia page for Trump v. Anderson here, in case you need a primer:
Trump v. Anderson (No. 23-719, filed January 3, 2024)
In a nutshell, Colorado’s state supreme court found Donald J. Trump disqualified from the state’s primary ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment which bars candidates who have participated in insurrection or rebellion against the Constitution in spite of swearing an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution.
Trump appealed the ruling; the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today.
The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. ET.
You can listen to the arguments at https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx – they are expected to run over the scheduled 80 minutes.
Long-time community member harpie has shared quite a few more resources pertinent to today’s arguments below in comments (thanks, harpie!).
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