so we re gonna move right to it. have a great show. thanks, alex. the breaking news of the night is that the colorado supreme court made 43 decision ruled that donald trump, quote, is disqualified from holding the office of president under section three of the 14th amendment of united states constitution because he is disqualified it would be a wrongful act under the election code for the colorado secretary of state to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot. neal katyal on andrew weissmann will join us to discuss that historic ruling later in the hour, but we begin tonight as we promised you a week ago, with the vice president of the united states and an exclusive interview. i met kamala harris when she was district journey of san francisco, and an actor friend who was wiser than most of us about politics or to be one day, would you like to meet the first black woman president? the next day i found myself in a gathering of lawyers in century city in lo
you here. that s tonight reidout. all in with chris hayes starts right now. tonight on all in. trump s actions are unprecedented. the supreme court concluded that the district court that right. he did engaging insurrection. colorado s highest court disqualifies trump from the primary ballot. tonight an exclusive group ahead of the group that just won this enormous case. but plus the states for trump s candidacy and his january six trial date in his fate rests in the hands of the united states supreme court, mired in scandal. right now what is the compensation of a justice of the supreme court? oh, goodness. i think it s plenty. a [laughter] new reporting on the money was of clarence thomas and just who has been lavishing him with gifts. i feel like i should quit while i m ahead. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we have a stunning bit of unprecedented news out of the state of colorado tonight. it comes at an unpreced
now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex. we have a big guest tonight, so we re gonna move right to it. have a great show. thanks, alex. the breaking news of the night is that the colorado supreme court in a 4 to 3 decision ruled that donald trump, quote, is disqualified from holding the office of president under section three of the 14th amendment of the united states constitution. because he is disqualified it would be a wrongful act under the election code for the colorado secretary of state to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot. neal katyal and andrew weissmann will join us to discuss that historic ruling later in the hour, but we begin tonight as we promised you a week ago, with the vice president of the united states and an exclusive interview. i met kamala harris when she was district journey of san francisco, and an actor friend who was wiser than most of us about politics or to b
court. jack smith requested that the supreme court circumvent the normal appellate process to quickly decide the process and presidential immunity. it is an important question about the powers of the presidency that the courts have really considered before. it could determine whether the criminal election interference cases against trump in washington d.c. and in fulton county georgia can move forward on schedule, or at all. this decision from the supreme court does not mean that the case against trump is dead. far from. in the d.c. court of appeals has agreed to expedite this case. a hearing is already scheduled for january 9th. the supreme court could still weigh in on the matter at a later date. however, this decision does threaten to delay the march 4th start date for trump s federal election interference trial, since judge tanya chutkan was, as a matter of normal procedure, compelled to pause proceedings on her case until the appeal is resolved. however, simultaneously
it restores a lot of faith in humanity. the 14th amendment of the constitution says insurrectionists cannot hold, quote, any office, civil or military, under the united states. and tonight, in a ruling, as stunning as it is unprecedented, the colorado supreme court said that donald j trump, the 45th president of the united states, is an insurrectionist, and therefore should be disqualified from being president. good evening, i m pamela brown here in for anderson tonight. and we begin with not just the ruling, which is historic. but what happens when almost certainly reaches the u.s. supreme court, which could be seismic. starting us off tonight, cnn chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid. paula, tell us more about this really surprising ruling? surprising, and remarkable, pamela. and the judges, here they acknowledge that. at the top of their opinion, they talk about the weight and the magnitude of the issue that they are deciding here. i mean, this is the biggest c