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    Trump Files Flurry of Motions Seeking to Dismiss Georgia Election Charges
    Former President Donald Trump filed three motions Monday to dismiss his Georgia 2020 election case, including one claiming presidential immunity prevents his prosecution. The motions argue for dismissal based on due process grounds, double jeopardy and presidential immunity. The claims in Trump’s presidential immunity filing mirror those made in his bid to dismiss the federal indictment brought by special…
    Katelynn Richardson
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    Supreme Court to Expedite Review of Colorado’s Unilateral Removal of Trump From State’s Ballot
    The Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear former President Donald Trump’s appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to kick him off the state’s ballot. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Dec. 19 that Trump is ineligible to be on the state’s primary ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The…
    Katelynn Richardson
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    Trump Slams Ohio Governor for Caving on Gender Ideology
    Former President Donald Trump condemned Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine for vetoing a bill that would have protected children from experimental transgender surgeries and hormonal interventions. “DeWine has fallen to the Radical Left,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Saturday, vowing that he would no longer promote the Republican governor. “No wonder he…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Michigan Supreme Court Declines to Remove Trump From State’s 2024 Ballot
    The Michigan Supreme Court declined Wednesday to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot. The court wrote that it was “not persuaded that the questions presented should be reviewed by this Court” before rejecting the case on procedural grounds, according to a brief order. Last week, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump was ineligible to…
    Katelynn Richardson
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    Biden vs. Trump: 5 Ways the Left Is Way Beyond Double Standards
    The abject narcissism of the insular Left is startling. They apparently believe the American public is amnesiac enough to forget what leftists once did, now that they’re doing the utter opposite. And they assume we are to discount their hypocrisy and self-absorption simply because they self-identify as erudite and moral, and assume their opponents are…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Barring Trump From Ballots Is a Recipe for Violence
    On Tuesday evening, the Supreme Court of Colorado ruled that former President Donald Trump had to be removed from the state ballot, for both the primaries and the general election. It cited Amendment 14, Section 3 of the Constitution of the United States, which states, in relevant part, that candidates are ineligible for office if…
    Ben Shapiro
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    Fact Check: Would US Sanction Other Countries for Doing What Colorado Supreme Court Did to Trump?
    Officials associated with the political party in power act to ban the opposition’s leading candidate from even competing on the ballot.  Not to fear, the Biden administration—and before that, the Trump administration—stepped up to sanction other nations that did that. The Colorado Supreme Court’s controversial ruling Tuesday disqualifying former President Donald Trump from the state’s…
    Fred Lucas
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    ‘Election Interference’: Colorado Supreme Court Removes Trump From Ballot
    The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in an unprecedented 4-3 decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot, citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.  This is a nakedly partisan, anti-democratic decision that ignores the law and prior precedent. Under the text and history of the 14th Amendment, as well…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Supreme Court Takes Up Case That Could Impact Trump’s Legal Battles
    The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to hear a case that does not involve Donald Trump as a defendant but which could, nonetheless, have a dramatic impact on one of the criminal cases that is pending against the former president. Here’s the background. On Jan. 6, 2021, over 2,000 Trump supporters entered the U.S. Capitol…
    John G. Malcolm
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    4 Big Moments From Trump-Hannity Town Hall Event
    Former President Donald Trump revealed his strategy to pay down the national debt without touching entitlements, the global consequences of President Joe Biden’s exit from Afghanistan and other issues Tuesday night.  Trump had a live town hall with Fox News host Sean Hannity Tuesday night in Davenport, Iowa less than a month before the Iowa…
    Fred Lucas
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    STACKED DECK: The ‘Jan. 6 Jurisprudence’ About to Be Unleashed on Trump in DC
    Defense attorneys have coined the term “January 6 Jurisprudence” to describe the treatment received by the more than 1,200 defendants arrested so far in connection with the events of Jan. 6, 2021. This carve-out legal system involves the unprecedented and possibly unlawful use of a corporate evidence-tampering statute; excessive prison sentences and indefinite periods of pretrial…
    Julie Kelly
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    Trump Files Intent to Appeal Reinstated Gag Order
    Former President Donald Trump is seeking to appeal a decision reinstating a gag order that was put in place to prevent him from discussing members of the judge’s staff during his civil fraud trial, according to court documents. The order, which prohibits Trump from publicly commenting about members of Judge Arthur Engoron’s staff, was temporarily lifted on Nov….
    Kate Anderson
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    Federal Judge Rejects Challenge to Trump’s 2024 Ballot Access in Rhode Island
    A federal judge in Rhode Island on Monday tossed another challenge to former President Donald Trump’s eligibility for the 2024 ballot. U.S. District Court Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr., an Obama appointee, dismissed a 14th Amendment challenge to listing Trump on the Rhode Island ballot. John Anthony Castro, a little-known 2024 Republican presidential candidate, filed the lawsuit,…
    Katelynn Richardson
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    2 Judicial Strikes Against Efforts to Keep Trump Off Ballot
    Two state courts, the Minnesota Supreme Court and the Michigan Court of Claims, have thrown out the attempts by anti-democratic groups to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment, at least with respect to the presidential primary election. The attempt to take away the ability of voters to make their…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    6 Key Takeaways From Trump’s Debate-Skipping Rally in Florida
    Former President Donald Trump energized a huge rally Wednesday night in Hialeah, Florida, as his third counterprogramming event to a Republican presidential debate, this one staged in nearby Miami and televised by NBC.  “The last debate was the lowest-rated debate in the history of politics,” Trump told the crowd. “So, therefore, do you think we…
    Fred Lucas
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    Don’t Let Guilty Pleas in Trump Indictment in Georgia Fool You
    Whatever one thinks of Donald Trump, no one should assume that the recent plea agreements in the criminal indictment filed by Fani Willis, district attorney of Fulton County, Georgia, or the public apologies she demanded legitimize the claims made against the former president and the other defendants. This includes the lawyers indicted for doing what they’re…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    ‘I Will Object’: JD Vance to Continue Holding Up Biden DOJ Nominees Over Politicized Trump Indictments
    Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, said Wednesday he would continue to hold up nominations in the Justice Department over the targeting by the Biden administration of former President Donald Trump. Special counsel Jack Smith secured a four-count indictment of Trump in August relating to the former president's efforts to contest the results of the 2020 election, months after…
    Harold Hutchison
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    Judges Have No Legal Authority to Bar Trump From 2024 Ballots
    Editor’s note: On Tuesday, Dec. 19, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump was not eligible to appear on the ballot in the Centennial State. The ruling was 4-3. House Speaker Mike Johnson posted on X, formerly known as Twitter: “We trust the U.S. Supreme Court will set aside this reckless decision…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Untested Legal Imagination’s the Mother of Trump and Jan. 6 Prosecutions
    Donald Trump doesn’t know Thomas Robertson. But the former president’s fate appears inextricably tied to that of the former Army Ranger, who was convicted last year for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, protest at the U.S. Capitol. That’s because the prosecutions of Trump and his supporters, including Robertson, have often depended on reimagining…
    Julie Kelly
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    Controversial House Speaker Nominee Drops Out After Trump Attack
    House Majority Whip Tom Emmer dropped out of the speaker race on Tuesday after former President Donald Trump warned Republicans not to support Emmer, saying he is “totally out-of-touch with Republican Voters.” Emmer had won the Republican speaker nomination on Tuesday morning, but around 26 House Republicans voted against Emmer during the closed-door roll call vote, according to…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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