Can Trump be on the ballot? It's the Supreme Court's biggest election test since Bush v. Gore

 

February 2, 2024



WASHINGTON (AP) — A case with the potential to disrupt Donald Trump's drive to return to the White House is putting the Supreme Court uncomfortably at the center of the 2024 presidential campaign.

In arguments Thursday, the justices will, for the first time, wrestle with a constitutional provision that was adopted after the Civil War to prevent former officeholders who "engaged in insurrection" from reclaiming power.

The case is the court's most direct involvement in a presidential election since Bush v. Gore, a decision delivered a quarter-century ago that effectively delivered the 2000 elect...



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