You are in the cnn newsroom. Im jim sciutto In Washington. We begin with what could be a Major Development from the us Supreme Court. The court has scheduled the release of a ruling tomorrow, driving speculation. This could be the decision on whether former President Donald Trump can appear on colorados president ial ballot. The courts decision likely to decide the matter in several other states that now have similar pending challenges. Those states include maine and illinois boy, he states argue that trumps actions surrounding january 6 and the 2020 election, his attempts to overturn it disqualify him for office under the constitution based on the 14th amendments insurrectionist ban. Cnn Senior Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic joins me now. Joan, great to have you unusual announcement from the us Supreme Court teeing this up. Why do we expect this as the Ballot Decision . Now, all signs pick pointed that direction, jim, first of all, at Close Of Business on friday, there was no ann
welcome to inside politics. i m manu roaju in for dana bash. is donald trump immune from actions he took in office. that crucial question now in the hands of three judges on the d.c. court of appeal. trump says he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn the election because they were, quote, official actions he took while president. moments ago, we heard from trump himself. i think it s very unfair when an opponent, a political opponent, is prosecuted by the doj by biden s doj, so they re losing in every poll. and they re losing in almost every demographic. numbers came out today that are really very mind boggling if you happen to be joe biden. and i think they feel this is the way they re going to try to win. that was outside the courtroom, inside the court, with his d.c. criminal trial looming, trump s lawyer and the special counsel s office made their cases in the high stakes hearing today. if a president has to look over his shoulder or her shoulder every time
Idea that everyone living in london is living the life of riley. Has prizes are driving people out . I wa nt prizes are driving people out . I want a government that deals with Employment Issues for the whole country. In former Mining Communities that have high levels of unemployment, deprivation, iwant communities that have high levels of unemployment, deprivation, i want a Labour Government and a National Investment bank and invest in those communities and bring hope and opportunity is for those people just as much as i want to conquer homelessness on the streets of london, birmingham or manchester, it is the country we are talking about. You very helpfully mentioned the Opinion Polls, i am really pleased about that, it was very kind of you. All i can say is in 2015, almost exactly two years ago, i was given 2001 exactly two years ago, i was given 200 1 as an outside chance. Exactly two years ago, i was given 2001 as an outside chance. Cheering applause i think that is what my young
box he wants to open himself. which is tricky for the biden campaign. they don t want to weigh in at all because biden has been resolute about not interfering with the justice department, as trump likes to say he did. right. the special counsel brought this case. exactly, that has presented a real hurdle for them in this campaign. yeah. we talk about it, then you own it. at the same time, he has been charged. so we ll see how that plays out in a general election if they face each other. coming up, the entire state of iowa is under a winter storm warning. how the snow and extreme temperatures are already impacting the iowa caucuses. to duckduckgo on all your devie
parade of horribles. this is when the lawyers saw, if you find this way, here s how horrible things can get under your interpretation. and the use of hypotheticals is very common by judges and also by counsel to try to say, if you do this, here s what it means. that s why you have those contrasting views. trump s lawyers saying no presidents will be able to do anything because they ll be so scared of what could happen to them, and you have the special counsel s lawyers saying presidents can do anything including kill their political rivals with no consequences whatsoever, and the court chiming in with their own hypotheticals to test the boundaries. that s a common argument method. i think it s very effective when you think about a president who might order the assassination of a political rival to think about how that would be a terrible thing, though honestly, the truth is you don t have to go too far from the facts of this case to have a parade of horribles. the notion of a president