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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court's “Unanimous” Trump Ballot Ruling Is Actually a 5-4 Disaster — On Monday, the Supreme Court unanimously reversed a Colorado Supreme Court decision removing Donald Trump from the ballot because of his engagement in an insurrection on Jan. 6.
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rules Trump cannot be kicked off ballot — The decision swiftly ended the legal fight over whether states could bar Trump from state ballots based on the Constitution's 14th Amendment. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday handed a sweeping win to former President Donald Trump …
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Despite win, Supreme Court strikes blow to Trump's central campaign theme — He claims the legal system is corrupt, conflicted and rigged against him. — Former President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally in Richmond, VA, Mar. 2, 2024. — The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Monday knocking …
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The Hill:
Supreme Court hands Trump victory in Colorado 14th Amendment ballot challenge — The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Colorado cannot disqualify former President Trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment's insurrection ban, a historic decision that preserves Trump's ability to seek a second presidential term.
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Supreme Court, 9-0, says Colorado can't kick Trump off ballot — Donald Trump will remain on the ballot in Colorado's Republican primary on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday, reversing the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to the contrary.
Slate:
It's Past Time to Quit Hoping the Courts Are Going to Stop Trump — The latest decisions out of the Supreme Court, first on when to hear former President Donald Trump's immunity appeal, then on how to deal with his Colorado ballot disqualification, have made one thing very clear …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Top Democrat “working on” bill responding to Trump ballot ruling
Scoop: Top Democrat “working on” bill responding to Trump ballot ruling
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The institutions of government aren't going to protect democracy
The institutions of government aren't going to protect democracy
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Federal appeals panel skeptical of ObamaCare's preventative care authority
Federal appeals panel skeptical of ObamaCare's preventative care authority
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Smackdown on CO: Unanimous SCOTUS Rules States Cannot DQ Trump on 14A
Smackdown on CO: Unanimous SCOTUS Rules States Cannot DQ Trump on 14A
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack
Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack
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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Joe Biden's Last Campaign — Trailing Trump in polls and facing doubts about his age, the President voices defiant confidence in his prospects for reëlection. — “I'll show you where Trump sat and watched the revolution,” Joe Biden said, stepping out from behind his desk in the Oval Office.
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Kate Plummer / Newsweek:
Donald Trump's String of Gaffes Over Weekend Raises Eyebrows — Donald Trump has been criticized for making a string of gaffes during two weekend campaign speeches. — The Republican presidential candidate addressed crowds on Saturday in Richmond, Virginia, and Greensboro, North Carolina …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Stars Flip Out When Reminded That Trump ‘Had Dinner With Nazis’
Fox News Stars Flip Out When Reminded That Trump ‘Had Dinner With Nazis’
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New York Times:
No Matter Race, Age or Gender, More Voters Say Trump's Policies Helped Than Biden's
No Matter Race, Age or Gender, More Voters Say Trump's Policies Helped Than Biden's
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Mike Bedigan / The Independent:
Biden thinks Trump won't concede if he loses election: 'He'll do anything to try to win'
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Voters say Trump's economy was better than Biden's: Poll
Voters say Trump's economy was better than Biden's: Poll
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Sophia Tareen / Associated Press:
Wisconsin: Settlement shows Trump lawyers made fake electors plan — Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying the Republican won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 victory there and in other swing states …
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Pro-Trump lawyers central to alternate-elector plot settle Wisconsin lawsuit
Pro-Trump lawyers central to alternate-elector plot settle Wisconsin lawsuit
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Associated Press:
Sinead O'Connor's estate asks Donald Trump to stop playing her music at rallies — The estate of Sinead O'Connor has asked Donald Trump not to play her music at campaign rallies. It says the late singer considered the former president a “biblical devil.” — The latest shake …
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New York Times:
Allen Weisselberg, Former Trump CFO, Pleads Guilty to Perjury — Allen H. Weisselberg, the former Trump Organization finance chief, has already spent time at the Rikers Island jail complex. The perjury plea will send him back. — Allen H. Weisselberg, former President Donald J. Trump's …
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Associated Press:
Former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury in ex-president's civil fraud trial
Former Trump CFO Allen Weisselberg pleads guilty to perjury in ex-president's civil fraud trial
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Marianna Spring / BBC:
Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images — Donald Trump supporters have been creating and sharing AI-generated fake images of black voters to encourage African Americans to vote Republican. — BBC Panorama discovered dozens of deepfakes portraying black people as supporting the former president.
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Jay Solomon / Semafor:
FBI hunts for suspected Iranian assassin targeting Trump-era officials — The Scoop — The U.S. government is intensifying a manhunt for an Iranian intelligence operative who the Federal Bureau of Investigation believes has been plotting to assassinate current and former American officials …
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Karla Adam / Washington Post:
France becomes first country to explicitly enshrine abortion rights in constitution — PARIS — With the endorsement of a specially convened session of lawmakers at Versailles, France on Monday became the first country in the world to explicitly enshrine abortion rights in its constitution …
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Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
Federal appeals court to allow controversial Texas immigration law to take effect, if SCOTUS doesn't intervene — A federal appeals court granted a temporary stay of a lower court's decision to block the enforcement of a controversial Texas immigration law, paving the way for it to go into effect …
European Commission:
Commission fines Apple over €1.8 billion over abusive App store rules for music streaming providers — The European Commission has fined Apple over €1.8 billion for abusing its dominant position on the market for the distribution of music streaming apps to iPhone and iPad users ('iOS users') through its App Store.
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Jack Birle / Washington Examiner:
Cassidy Hutchinson sued by Tony Bobulinski in $10 million defamation suit — Tony Bobulinski, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, filed a lawsuit against former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson alleging she defamed him. — Bobulinski's lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court …
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