trial court judge had said itten wouldn t apply to a president, but the colorado supreme court reversed that and said it does so you haves questions such as was january 6th an insurrection. did donald trump incite that insurrection. can states enforce this provision? i should remind everyone, but this has not been tested and there s so many other questions that the justices will be deciding what should they address and when shall they address it. do we have any i m told the supreme court can act when itments to act. is there time pressure here? yes, and this is why i think there is a chance we could see a signal today or early next week because the parties that have come in have said the colorado voters want a decision as early as february 11th because on february 12th colorado mails out its ballots that need to be returned by march 5th super
day if they are going to take these up or they might let them sit for a little while and consider which questions they actually want to address because this is a very weighty matter with several questions pending before them. so what are those core questions? who will he face in this dispute? so everyone knows that at the center of this is a post civil war amendment to the constitution. the 14th amendment in a section that said an official would be barred from future office during the course of his or her ten euro sworn to uphold the constitution but then engaged in ensur recollection. what these voters have successfully argued in colorado is that donald trump should be off the ballot because of what happened on january 6th. so the core question is did he first of all does this provision apply to a president, a lower
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base. when you look at the numbers, this is the argument that can alienate people and make them dig in and say i m not sure i agree with you. and so i m just concerned that in this moment, the way that he s going after this is goings to force people to say i m wrong. it s going to force people to say i have aligned myself with evil. that s something from a psychological perspective is really hard. we dependent know if he will use that kind of language yet. that s fair. can i get to one thing? there was a trump attorney on fox talking about the cases that he s currently facing, particularly those that have taken him off the ballot in colorado and maine. take a listen. i think it should be a slam dunk. people like cavanaugh, who the president fought for, who the president went through to place, he will step up. those people will step up. not because they are pro trump,
tuesday. so they feel like the pressure should cause a decision to come as early as february 11th. the colorado republican party that has join ed with donald trump to challenge the ruling by the colorado supreme court says as long as you rule by march 5th, things will be okay. march 5th is super tuesday. colorado and about 15 other states will be holding their primaries that day. so that s the time pressure on this court that normally moves very slowly. we ll be following your reporting. thank you so much. thank you. coming up, more from our town hall with nikki haley and ron desantis. the two candidates sharpening their attacks on donald trump. and oscar pistorius, the double amputee olympian turned killer is out of prison. why he was freed after killing his girlfriend and her family now will respond.