The Supreme Court Returns Donald Trump to the Colorado Ballot

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

The Wall Street Journal

Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court reinstated Donald Trump to the Colorado presidential ballot, stating that only Congress, and not the states, has the power to remove candidates seeking federal office. So what message does the 9-0 ruling send to those who support using 'lawfare' during the election process? Plus, Joe Biden gets even more bad news from the polls with Super Tuesday only a few days away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.0	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:37.0	The US Supreme Court restores Donald Trump to the Colorado presidential ballot in a unanimous decision.
0:44.1	Only Congress can ban a federal candidate for office
0:47.5	based on section 3 of the 14th amendment
0:49.8	to the so-called insurrectionist clause, the court rules.
0:53.6	Plus, on the eve of Super Tuesday primaries,
0:57.2	a spade of polls show President Biden is trailing
0:59.7	Donald Trump in all of them.
1:01.8	Is Joe Biden now an underdog for re-election?
1:05.2	Welcome, I'm Paul as you go with the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal here
1:09.1	with colleagues, Kim Strassal and Kyle Peterson, we'll take up those issues today, but first let's start with the Supreme Court decision.
1:17.0	It's a landmark decision.
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