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Trump Is Back On The Ballot, But It’s Just The Beginning of His Legal Troubles

While the next few months of Former President Donald Trump’s calendar will be filled with court dates, the Supreme Court just resolved one of his many legal problems. Having decided in a unanimous opinion on Monday that he could remain on the primary ballot of Colorado in spite of claims based on Section 3—colloquially known as the “insurrection clause” of the 14th Amendment—contending that he would be Constitutionally barred from running for President following his actions preceding and on January 6th. The presumptive Republican nominee disputed these assertions, positing that the Constitution instead let Congress have the final say on the implementation of Section. The ruling, which he lauded on social media as a “BIG WIN FOR AMERICA!!!,” means that he will likely face Joe Biden in another iteration of the 2020 election come November. 

Though he can still run for POTUS, Donald Trump’s legal woes are only worsening. Following the 83.3 million dollars awarded to E. Jean Carroll and the New York fraud trial in which he was forced to pay an amount exceeding 450 million dollars, he still has four major cases pending: allegedly falsifying business records to pay off Stormy Daniels, taking highly classified documents to his Mar-a-Lago resort, interfering in the Georgia election, and the federal election interference case in connection Jan. 6. “While the cases are valid,” says Freshman Felipe Outi, in response to supporters of the Former President, “he also did some good things for the country as President.” The Supreme Court will make another major decision as to claims of presidential immunity by Trump, in which a favorable ruling would clear him of his legal problems, with the trial set to begin on April 25th.

Former President Donald Trump. Image via the Library of Congress.
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Ephraim Rosenstock
Ephraim Rosenstock, Staff Writer
Ephraim “Ephi” Rosenstock is a freshman at La Jolla High and is thrilled to be beginning his first year on the Journalism team as a staff writer for Hi-Tide. His primary goal whilst here is to serve the community through informing them about important events. He has a keen interest in world politics and events and wants to continue developing his perspective on them. Ephi also hopes that he can build his understanding of the student body via interviews and polls. Throughout the class he wants to improve his writing skills, critical thinking skills, people skills, and storytelling. He is delighted to have the opportunity to be a part of the Hi-Tide and hopes to have an amazing school year!