Minnesota Supreme Court justices heard arguments on a petition meant to keep former President Donald Trump off the state’s primary ballot as he seeks to run for the presidency again in 2024. Far and away the frontrunner candidate in the Republican Party, the question that they faced wasn’t so hypothetical, as state election officials do expect the state’s Republican Party to submit his name in January 2024.
Free Speech for People, the group that began to send letters to state election officials in 2021 after President Trump left office, arguing that he’s ineligible to seek office again, brought the Minnesota petition against Steve Simon, Minnesota’s secretary of state. The group is representing eight local voters.
