basically lay out how this should work in all the various states. you can t have different states handling this all across the board. it s going to be a really big mess if that continues down the way in 2024, as all of the states handle these issues, alex. okay, thank you so much, ryan riley, for that. former prosecutor msnbc legal analyst, charles comiskey, going to join me in just a few minutes to talk about the supreme court development, plus, the upcoming hearing about trump s immunity. meantime, on the third anniversary of the attack of the capital, donald trump is back in iowa today. he is seeking to maintain his significant lead against his republican rivals, who are also campaigning in iowa ahead of the caucus is just nine days away now. and president biden was also on the trail in pennsylvania, using the day to tie trump to the violence at the capitol. our team of nbc news reporters joining us from across the country, with today s developments. as i welcome you both, nbc s v
our weather team is tracking it. and a trump attorney suggests some supreme court justices might step up for him in the colorado ballot case. i think it should be a slam dunk in the e supreme cocourt. i hahave faith in themem.
democrats who are urging clarence thomas to recuse himself from the trump colorado ballot case. ryan nobles is on capitol hill for us. who s leading this effort, and what are their arguments? well, the lead author of this letter to the supreme court and to clarence thomas specifically is hank johnson of georgia. he joins around a dozen other members of the house democratic caucus who are urging clarence thomas to step down from any case that has to do with donald trump being denied access to the ballot for the presidential election because of a violation of the 14th amendment. of course that section, section 3 of the 14th amendment says that you can not run for office in the united states if you participated in an insurrection, and of course we ve seen these cases play out throughout the country. most cases have allowed trump to stay on the ballot. in colorado and maine, they said he needed to be removed.
of the 24 events, two-thirds are from the private connect industry. wow. thanks so much. now to some breaking news. a ruling has come down in the virginia ballot case. rick perry, newt gingrich, rick santorum and jon huntsman sued to get their name on the ballot there. they failed to collect the 10,000 signatures. pete, what is the ruling? the ruling is the candidates lose. what the judge says here is i think they have got a good argument here that the requirements in virginia may be unconstitutional. 10,000 signatures, the highest number in the nation, distributed with 400 signatures and bar on using out of state volunteers to circulate the petitions. all good arguments. the problem is the candidates waited too long to raise the