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<p class="story-meta__authors">By <span class="vcard"><a href="https://www.politico.com/staff/joshgerstein" target="_top">Josh Gerstein</a></span> and <span class="vcard"><a href="https://www.politico.com/staff/kyle-cheney" target="_top">Kyle Cheney</a></span></p><p class="story-meta__timestamp">
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<p class="story-text__paragraph ">Donald Trump laid out his legal arguments at the Supreme Court for why he should remain on the 2024 ballot, urging the court to “put a swift and decisive end” to lawsuits that say he is ineligible to serve as president because of his efforts to cling to power after he lost the 2020 election.</p>
<p class="story-text__paragraph ">The challenges to his eligibility “threaten to disenfranchise tens of millions of Americans” and “promise to unleash chaos and bedlam” around the nation if they proceed, Trump’s lawyers wrote in a legal brief submitted Thursday evening.</p>
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Trump’s lawyers urged the justices to overturn the Colorado Supreme Court ruling last month that concluded he should be barred from the ballot there under the 14th Amendment.{ai:summary}<p>#politics Donald Trump seeks Supreme Court intervention to remain on the 2024 ballot, arguing against lawsuits questioning his eligibility as president. His lawyers warn of potential chaos and disenfranchisement if challenges continue.</p>

Trump tells SCOTUS kicking him off ballot would ‘unleash chaos’

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