How A Colorado Trial Could Force Trump Off The Ballot
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🗓️ 31 October 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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This episode: voting correspondent Ashley Lopez, Colorado Public Radio public affairs reporter Bente Birkeland, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.
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| 0:22.8 | absolutely nothing of note right this moment. That's great. This podcast was recorded at. |
| 0:29.3 | The 1208 Central Time on Tuesday, October 31st, 2023. |
| 0:34.2 | Things will probably have changed by the time you hear it. Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:42.7 | I love, love, love that. Let's do less, guys. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm |
| 0:49.2 | Ashley Lopez. I cover voting and I'm Mara Elias and National Political Correspondent. |
| 0:53.9 | And joining us today is Benta Berklin from Colorado Public Radio. Hey Benta. Hey, thanks for |
| 0:59.6 | having me. And we're in Colorado today. Benta, you're actually at a courthouse right now because |
| 1:05.2 | there is a hearing involving the 2024 presidential election and whether or not former president |
| 1:11.2 | Donald Trump is eligible to be on the state's primary ballot. Benta, this argument hinges on the |
| 1:18.0 | 14th amendment to the US Constitution and at risk of getting a little schoolhouse rock here, |
| 1:23.0 | remind us why that's a factor in this hearing. Yeah, so the 14th amendment says that |
| 1:28.2 | anyone who's been in the military or held elected office and taken an oath to uphold the |
| 1:34.5 | Constitution and then engages in an insurrection or a rebellion against the nation cannot hold |
| 1:42.0 | office again. And so this was adopted after the Civil War, but it's almost never been used since then. |
| 1:48.5 | And this case in Colorado is one of a number of efforts across the country to try to get this |
| 1:53.6 | so-called disqualification clause applied to former president Trump. Well, let's get a little |
| 1:59.4 | backstory here. I mean, who's bringing this case and like, why are they doing it? Yeah, so this |
| 2:04.5 | is from the liberal group citizens for responsibility and ethics in Washington. They're spearheading |
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