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The NPR Politics Podcast

Trump To Appear On All Primary Ballots

The NPR Politics Podcast

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4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Colorado could not disqualify former President Donald Trump from its ballot. The opinion came the day before Super Tuesday, when more than a dozen states will vote in the presidential primary.

This episode: national political correspondent Sarah McCammon, national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

Our producers are Jeongyoon Han, Casey Morell & Kelli Wessinger. Our editor is Erica Morrison. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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0:00.0

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0:08.5

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0:17.0

Hi, this is Andrea in California. It's my birthday so I'm checking off something from my bucket list and that is I am currently at training to be a poll worker for the very first time in my life.

0:31.0

I'll be working the polls for Super Tuesday. This podcast was recorded at 12.11

0:37.6

p.m. Eastern time on Monday, March 4th, 2024. Things may have changed by the time you hear it.

0:44.0

Okay, here's the show.

0:46.0

Thanks for doing your part for democracy and happy birthday.

0:52.0

And I hope you're eating a lot today to get ready for a long day tomorrow at the polls.

0:56.7

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

0:59.0

I'm Sarah McCammon.

1:00.0

I cover the presidential campaign.

1:01.8

I'm Carrie Johnson. I cover the Justice Department.

1:04.2

And I'm Domenico Moncinaro, senior political editor, and correspondent.

1:07.4

Donald Trump will stay on the ballot.

1:09.8

Today, the US Supreme Court ruled that Colorado must restore the former president to its primary

1:14.8

ballot.

1:15.8

That decision comes the day before that state and many others hold primaries for Super Tuesday.

1:21.3

So Carrie, take us back to the beginning of this case, if you would, Colorado took

1:24.8

Trump off the ballot for his actions related to the January 6th insurrection.

1:29.5

What was the argument?

1:30.5

Yeah, Colorado Supreme Court ruled in December that Trump should be removed from the Republican primary ballot in that state because of part of the 14th Amendment that was passed after the Civil War designed to keep

1:43.8

insurrectionists to keep Confederates from holding public office and section 3 of

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