ago, actually, we got a pretty good window into how trump s legal team plans to make their arguments. and let me tell you, this brief, i read it today, it includes a fair number of arguments from an alternate universe. for starters, trump s lawyers claim that the former president is not in fact and officer of the united states, which is who the 14th amendment covers. now, this is not a new or surprising argument necessarily being made by the trump team. but let s be real. it kind of defies logic. i mean, how could it be that the president of the united states is not an officer of the united states with an obligation, by the way, to abide by the constitution. it s kind of what the founders had in mind. but then, there s the other, perhaps even more startling piece, at least to me, of revisionist history that is included in this brief, that donald trump did not engage in an insurrection. in fact, according to the argument here, it was not an insurrection at all. the brief actua
well, it is shaping up to be a really big week for the country, because this week, the supreme court is going to hear oral arguments on whether the 14th amendment disqualifies a donald trump from the ballot. and today, just a few hours ago, actually, we got a pretty good window into how trump s legal team plans to make their arguments. and let me tell you, this brief, i read it today, it includes a fair number of arguments from an alternate universe. for starters, trump s lawyers claim that the former president is not in fact and officer of the united states, which is who the 14th amendment covers. now, this is not a new or surprising argument necessarily being made by the trump team. but let s be real. it kind of defies logic. i mean, how could it be that the president of the united states is not an officer of the united states with an obligation, by the way, to abide by the constitution. it s kind of what the founders had in mind. but then, there s the other, perhaps even m
in colorado, now everyone s asking what will happen next. tonight on laura coates live. how can i put this, tonight is politically surreal. donald trump, the 45th president of the united states, the current republican front runner, campaigning right now as we speak to be reelected, hoping to sit right back down at that resolute desk while the colorado supreme court saying tonight, you are going to have to do it in 49 states because colorado is not one. why? because they say that he engaged in an insurrection on january six, and as a result they say the 14th amendment say that he is now disqualified from the ballot, and from being the president of the united states. now, here is what the 14th amendment actually says. it says, no person shall hold any office, who have previously taken an oath to support the constitution of the united states, shall have engaged in insurrection, rebellion, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. sound familiar? i bet it does. because yo