In case over Trump's ballot eligibility, concerned voters make their own pitches to Supreme Court

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Others come from groups of voters who have joined together to express their support for Trump.
53% : It's an argument that Pearl Madrial also made to the justices in a friend-of-the-court brief filed in support of Trump.
49% : While the Trump case has attracted the type of input one might expect from legal scholars, political groups, lawmakers, state officials and the like, it has also prompted more than a dozen filings from voters like Larry Coben, who have felt compelled to express their views on whether Trump is eligible for a second term.
49% : "I want them to be fair to me as a citizen here in the United States of America and my right to vote," Madrial said of the justices.
46% : Efforts to disqualify Trump under Section 3 also threaten to disenfranchise millions of his supporters, they said.
42% : Jack Coben, a Navy veteran who lives in Pennsylvania, was bothered by the situation and didn't believe Trump should be president again.
40% : "The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in the case involving whether Section 3 of the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump from the presidency on Thursday.
35% : "The case involving Trump is politically explosive, since its outcome could decide whether his name can be listed on ballots nationwide for the primary and general elections.
32% : Madrial, 39, stressed that keeping Trump off the ballot would dilute her vote and threaten her ability to vote for her candidate of choice.
30% : For this reason, he wrote in his eventual amicus brief, the justices should reverse a decision from Colorado's highest court, which found that Trump is disqualified from holding the presidency because of his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
28% : In a filing last month, lawyers for Trump warned the Supreme Court that if other state courts and officials exclude him from their ballots, it would "unleash chaos and bedlam."
27% : The Colorado Supreme Court found that the clause does indeed apply to presidents, but Watkins and lawyers for Trump separately argued that determination was wrong.
25% : In July, she separately challenged Attorney General Merrick Garland's appointment of special counsel Jack Smith as unconstitutional, arguing that his activities as special counsel have subverted her right to vote for her preferred candidate, Trump.

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