US historians sign brief to support Colorado's removal of Trump from ballot

Twenty-five civil war and Reconstruction scholars support invoking 14th amendment to bar Trump from ballot over January 6 Twenty-five historians of the civil war and Reconstruction filed a US supreme court brief in support of the attempt by Colorado to remove Donald Trump from the ballot under the 14th amendment, which bars insurrectionists from running for office. "For historians," the group wrote, "contemporary evidence from the decision-makers who sponsored, backed, and voted for the 14th ame...