Do Trump's actions after last election make him ineligible for 2024? U.S. courts are about to decide
The campaign to use the U.S. Constitution's "insurrection" clause to bar former president Donald Trump from running for the White House again enters a new phase this week as hearings begin in two states on lawsuits that might end up reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.
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![FILE - President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Whatever decision the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reaches on whether Congress should receive former President Donald Trump’s call logs, drafts of speeches and other documents related to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the battle over executive privilege will likely end up with the Supreme Court. A man in a long winter coat wearing a tie speaks at a podium bearing the seal, 'The President of the United States of America.' He is behind a glass partition and in front of an American flag.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7012384.1698671800!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/capitol-breach-trump-explainer.jpg)
The campaign to use the U.S. Constitution's "insurrection" clause to bar former president Donald Trump from running for the White House again enters a new phase this week as hearings begin in two states on lawsuits that might end up reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.