Minnesota Supreme Court appears skeptical of request to block Trump from ballot

Minnesota's state Supreme Court justices seem skeptical about stepping in to block former President Trump from the state's presidential ballot. Driving the news: The state's high court heard oral arguments on Thursday in a lawsuit arguing that the GOP frontrunner is ineligible for the office under the 14th Amendment's "insurrection clause." Why it matters: The lawsuit, filed in September, is one of the first tests of a legal theory that Trump's actions surrounding the Jan. 6 Capitol riot should disqualify him from running for president. What happened: Some of the...