Federal Election Interference case. In a brief order, the court said it would hear arguments in april, but it could take months for the court to issue an opinion. In the meantime, jack smiths case is on hold, meaning no trial can take place and even if the Supreme Court ultimately rules against trump, the intervention puts the trials start date in question. In essence, some would say, given him immunity, possibly. Joining us now, msnbc chief Legal Correspondent and anchor of the beat on msnbc, ari melber. State attorney for Palm Beach County florida, darren ehrenberg, im going to ask you the same question. Theyve, all start with you. Were you surprised at this really . I was shocked, mika. The five justices who granted the state through sand in the years of justice and they further delegitimized the Supreme Court in the eyes of so many. Chief Justice Roberts cares deeply about the perception of the high court. He wants people to believe that they are above politics. That is why its mys
good evening. i m norah o donnell, and we are live here in las vegas, with just three days to go before super bowl lviii on cbs. but we want to begin tonight with a blockbuster news about the two men who are expected to face off again and this year s presidential election. tonight, the dramatic new questions and testimony that the supreme court about whether the constitution, specifically the 14th amendment, should bar donald trump from being on the presidential ballot in several states. you could say that not since the 2000 supreme court decision of bush v. gore has the nation s highest court taken such a direct role in the outcome of a presidential election. president biden too facing questions tonight about his handling of classified documents from his time as vice president and senator. the long-awaited special counsel report just released included pictures of classified afghanistan documents found in the garage near a dog crate. and while there are no charges, the re
just say, your point is that there s no ambiguity with having a list and not having president in it with having a history that suggests they were really focussed on local concerns in the south, with this conversation where the legislators actually discussed what looked like an ambiguity, you are saying there s no ambiguity in section 3? let me take the point specifically about electors and senators, if i might. yes. that might be important. presidential electors were not covered, because they don t hold an office. they vote. i m talking about the barred office part of this. exactly. the barred if you want to include everybody, first you have to suppress phi presidential electors. they wouldn t fall under any office. secretary of all, senators and representatives don t hold office either. the constitution tells us that and refers to them as holding seats, not offices. you want to make sure there s no doubt that senators and representatives are covered given the con
chief legal correspondent ari melber, legal analyst, andrew weissmann, and my friend and colleague, msnbc anchor katy tur. rachel, we re about to hear from jack smith himself. if i have to interrupt you abruptly, i apologize in advance. your thoughts right now. reading the indictment, nicolle, i was struck by the simplicity of it structurally. this is not a case where we need to wait for somebody to flip. there s no allen weisselberg character out here who we need to find out how much they re going to tell prosecutors. there s no opaque question of intent that we need to wait to see if prosecutors have some access to. there s no, you know, contingent second crime that elevates these things to a more serious thing. all things that we ve seen in other serious cases involving trump and his business. in this case this is straightforward. what they re laying out, it s an accusation. it is not a conviction. what they re accusing him of is that he was not allowed to have this stuf
what we know so far here. the former president told to appear in federal court in miami next tuesday to face the charges. tonight, our team talking with sources at bedminster, new jersey, where the former president is huddled with his advisors. he had recently been told by the special console that he was the target of a criminal investigation into his handling of classified documents. that was a signal that this could be coming in tonight it is now playing out. a former president indicted by the special counsel. pierre thomas, dan abrams and our investigative team and what they ve learned of this hour and what america will now witness play out next week. also tonight, 120 million americans now under alerts and warnings over hazardous smoke now stretching down through the northeast all the way down to washington, d.c., alabama. hundreds of wildfires in canada, more than half still out of control. the new york city skyline blanketed. in the nation s capital, the washington monu