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Dec. 6, 2023: Retired judge says Trump ballot case is about law, not politics; A metro-mountain passenger train

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The U.S. Capitol bedecked in red, white and blue the day before Inauguration Day, and two weeks after pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the building.

As the Colorado Supreme Court considers the case to keep Donald Trump off the Republican presidential primary ballot here, a former judge who proposed invoking the 14th Amendment early-on says it's not about politics. Then, why a train between the mountains and Metro Denver may finally be on track. And, if cocktails are a part of your holidays, we have a tingly recommendation.