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    9 months ago

    States remove candidates routinely. It’s their constitutional right. Except with Trump for some reason.

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        9 months ago

        Abdul Hassan, 2012, Colorado. Disqualified by the state for not being a natural born citizen. Sued and lost. The ensuing opinion authored by then district judge Neil Gorsuch upheld the constitutional right and duty of states to bar ineligible candidates.