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The high court is set to hear arguments over the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision that Trump is constitutionally barred from the presidency.
Morgan Cloud is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law Emeritus at Emory University. He writes and teaches about, constitutional criminal procedure, constitutional law, digital privacy, and white collar crime.
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