Supreme Court will take up Trump’s eligibility to run for president

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Supreme Court will take up Trump’s eligibility to run for president
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On what grounds would they even look at this case? There is no federally constituted right to be on ballots to begin with.

And there's no need for them to address most of it because it already comes with a remedy for the accused, appeal to congress who can vote on forgiving them.

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They can rule on the interpretation of the law i believe.

It's a little late for that approach, since Judge Sarah Wallace already attempted to say the 38th congress didn't intend for the law to apply to the President but it was overturned in appeals court when documents proved they did actually discuss exactly that topic on the day and made no exclusions. So, they have no grounds to even review this case.

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