A listener’s guide to Supreme Court arguments over Trump and the ballot
Associated PressWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court hears arguments Thursday over whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the 2024 ballot because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. But Trump appealed to the high court after Colorado’s Supreme Court ruled that he could be kept off the state’s primary ballot. The lawyers will put forth competing versions of whether Trump “engaged in insurrection.” They also will offer their views on whether the presidency is an “office … under the United States” and whether the president is an “officer of the United States.” A phrase that doesn’t appear in the amendment also might get bandied about. SALMON CHASE Salmon Chase, the 19th-century chief justice and politician, could get some air time during the arguments because of his views on whether Congress must act.