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The United States Supreme Court on Monday shot down a ruling from Colorado that barred former President Donald Trump from that state’s primary ballot on the grounds that he engaged in an insurrection while trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The court did not rule on whether Trump engaged in insurrection but did argue that individual states should not have the power to make such determinations for federal candidates. “The judgment of the Colorado … Supreme Court therefore cannot stand,” it wrote. SCOTUS’ decision was unanimous. The court had heard arguments on Feb. 8 about t…

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