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Washington Times: Supreme Court Justices Jackson, Thomas say Trump ballot challenge misreads Civil War history

Lady justice and a gavel

People For Senior Fellow Elliot Mincberg commented on inquiry before the Supreme Court about Trump's eligibility to be on the 2024 presidential election ballot. 

They’ve feuded in the past, but Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Clarence Thomas were singing from the same songbook Thursday as they blasted the challenge to former President Donald Trump appearing on the ballot, saying it misunderstood the point of the 14th Amendment.

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Elliot Mincberg, senior fellow at People For the American Way, said there were concerns from the justices across ideological lines for different reasons regarding barring Mr. Trump.

He cautioned against reading too much into the tenor of the questions, though.

“I’m not sure you can judge too much from the argument itself,” he said.

Read the full article at the Washington Times.