# SCOTUS hears the case on Trump's eligibility on February 8, 2024

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**Created:** [February 6, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-hears-the-case-on-trumps-eligibility-on-february-8-2024/997204 "2024-02-06T20:25:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-hears-the-case-on-trumps-eligibility-on-february-8-2024/997204/282 "2024-03-04T17:53:33Z")

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Discussion also under way in the thread about state disqualifications

> [@Various states, including Colorado, determine Trump is disqualified from holding office](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/various-states-including-colorado-determine-trump-is-disqualified-from-holding-office/988412/1097):
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> This. What it comes down to is that it’ll only be enforced against someone whose party doesn’t hold either the House or the Senate. That isn’t what it might have meant 50 years ago; but that’s what it means now. Quite possibly; but they’re not going to do so now, because I doubt you’d get the Senate to agree to anything that the House would. If we get a blue sweep, we might get legislation before 2028; but we’d have to get the blue sweep first, without it, this year. If we get a red sweep, …

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