Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press
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A Colorado judge has denied a motion by Donald Trump's attorneys to dismiss a case challenging his eligibility to run for president because of the "insurrection" clause of the 14th Amendment. District Court Judge Sarah B. Wallace on Wednesday said many of the legal questions raised have never been addressed by a court before.
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A professor who is an expert in national security has testified that then-President Donald Trump could have mobilized the National Guard and federal law enforcement to protect the U.S. Capitol once violence broke out on Jan 6, 2021. The testimony came Tuesday as a Colorado case to bar the former president from the 2024 ballot moved into a new phase. William Banks is a Syracuse University law professor who was called by lawyers for the Colorado voters trying to bar Trump from the 2024 ballot under the rarely used "insurrection" clause of the Constitution. Trump's lawyers say the military had assured the then-president they had a plan for protest security.
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Lawyers for a group of Colorado voters are focusing on the January 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol and former President Donald Trump's words and actions in a trial that could determine whether the Constitution's insurrection clause bars Trump from running again for the White House.
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Court arguments on blocking Trump from the presidential ballot under the 'insurrection' clause beginCourt arguments are beginning in the effort to bar former President Donald Trump from running for his old job again. The first set of arguments start in Colorado on Monday. A judge has scheduled a weeklong hearing on whether the U.S. Constitution's clause barring someone who "engaged in insurrection" against it means Trump can't run for president in Colorado.
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A lawsuit seeks to bar Trump from the primary in Colorado, citing Constitution's insurrection clauseA liberal group has filed a lawsuit to bar former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot in Colorado. The lawsuit contends Trump is ineligible to run for the White House again under a rarely used clause in the U.S. Constitution aimed at candidates who have supported an "insurrection."
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The Colorado Republican Party has selected a combative former state representative who promised to be a “wartime” leader as its new chairman.
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Denver has been overwhelmed by an unexpected surge in mostly Venezuelan migrants. The immigrants have crossed the border and taken buses north, usually from El Paso. Immigrants have long passed through Denver but never in such large numbers all at once. The city has scrambled to house them during a record cold snap. It's unclear precisely what led to the influx other than the convenience of Denver as a stopover on buses from El Paso, Texas. Many don't have Denver as a final destination. The state's Democratic governor generated controversy by chartering buses to send some to New York.