Monday, March 4, 2024

Trump stays on the ballot

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Mon Mar 4 2024

The Supreme Court finally decided on if Donald Trump, the former president who probably worked his supporters into a fury right before they attacked the United States Capitol and tried to overturn a secure election, is fine to stay on the ballot as he tries to be president again.

Take of it as a do-over, a mulligan or just a good old-fashioned shrug handed out by the nation's highest court tasked with telling the rest of us what the Constitution is saying. Or, take is a decision that means voters get to decide who the next president will be. As it should be.

It's with that decision in mind that our USA TODAY columnists offered some opinions as we head into Super Tuesday and the rest of this election year.

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters in Greensboro, North Carolina on March 2, 2024.

Megan Smith, USA TODAY

•	Supreme Court sides with Trump, affirming each president gets one free insurrection
•	Even liberal justices agree Trump should stay on ballot. Progressives still melted down.

Nex Benedict deserved a better world than the one Oklahoma has created

A photograph of Nex Benedict is projected during a candlelight service in Oklahoma City on Feb. 24, 2024.

It's easy to imagine a world in which Nex Benedict felt safe. In fact, that's a world far easier to create than the one we're currently living in.

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President Joe Biden delivers remarks about immigration and border security on February 29, 2024 in Olmito, Texas. The President visited the border near Brownsville on the same day as a dueling trip made by former President Donald Trump to neighboring Eagle Pass, Texas.

Liberal voters won't let Biden off the hook on Super Tuesday

Joe Biden and Donald Trump will win their Super Tuesday elections. But Biden will continue to be haunted by his support of Israel.

Runners head down the sidewalk past Fountain Square on Georgia Avenue during "Finish Eliza's Run" on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022 in Chattanooga, Tenn. The approximately four mile run was to memorialize, Eliza Fletcher, the Memphis runner, and mother of two, who was murdered during her early morning run. (Robin Rudd /Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

Laken Riley's murder reminds women runners safety is an illusion

This is the reality of being a female runner. Safety is an illusion. And a fragile one at that.

Cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women. But only 38% of clinical trial participants are women, and research is chronically underfunded.

Women's health: Heart disease is top killer. Why do we know so little?

Awareness of heart disease is on the decline among women – especially younger ones, who are at increased risk.

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