this is a historic moment for the united states supreme court and for american democracy. the justices about to consider whether donald trump is constitutionally barred from being president again. we ll hear the unprecedented arguments and the court s responses live. welcome to cnn s special live coverage of the trump ballot battle at the u.s. supreme court. i m kaitlan collins live outside the supreme court. and i m jake tapper. the nation s highest court will review this landmark case. the division by colorado s supreme court to disqualify former president trump from the 2024 ballot based on what some call the insurrectionist ban 12349th amendment to the u.s. constitution. today the nine justices, three of them nominated by trump, are poised to have the most direct impact on a presidential election since the supreme court decided bush v. gore nearly a quarter sentry ago. now among the questions before the highest court in the land today, did trump incite an insurrecti
happening now, breaking news, donald trump appears to be on the verge of a major victory at the u.s. supreme court as the justices voice deep skepticism. we ll bring you the latest details on the largest and. also a damning special counsel report finds president biden willfully retained classified information after leaving the vice presidency, but will not, not face charges form the report laying out key differences between biden s cooperation with the instruction and trump s alleged obstruction of his own documents case. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we re following major legal developments affecting the two men likely heading toward a presidential rematch. paula reid has more on donald trump appearing to win over the supreme court. and a special counsel report of biden s handling of documents. this looks like a pretty good date across the cou
election he lost. and hearing the case, the panel of nine supreme court justices including three that president trump himself appointed to the bench. whatever they decide has the potential to transform the trajectory of this year s election, and trump s bid to retake the white house making it the most consequential election case since bush v. gore a quarter century ago. these oral arguments expected to begin in moments and potentially last several hours, and we will be here with you for all of it. and joining us now, nbc s ken dilanian outside the court along with andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and former senior member of the moeller probe. and neal katyal. before we dive into the big question, your thoughts about the gravity of this moment, exploring an issue that this country has never had to confront before. the founders of our 14th amendment in the 1860s put this in as an ironclad guarantee that we wouldn t have insurrectionists leading our governm
reinforce or dismantle the colorado supreme court s order excluding the former president from the ballot in that state. effectively punishing trump for a crime which he has neither been criminally charged for convicted. dana: as soon as it begins we ll listen to it live. until then our fox team coverage continues. we have andy mccarthy, jonathan turley, and kerri and joining us is karl rove and andrew. one of the things i wanted to start with you on, andrew, set the stage about how unprecedented this is and what this moment could actually mean. i think it s very interesting to think about today through the lens of donald trump. the justices are thinking about what this ruling does for decades or even hundreds of years to come. this is a precedent we ve never had before. what happens when states challenge candidates for presidential office? this is not just a donald trump issue. this is every single election that will come from here on out. i don t think that the justices
times. justice jackson: no. i m not going to that. let me just say so your point is that there is no ambiguity with having a list and not having president in it with having a history that suggest that they were really focused on local concerns in the south with this conversation where the legislators actually discussed you are saying there is no they vote. justice jackson: i m talking about the barred office part of this. jason murray: barred office is if you want to include everybody first presidential electors they are not offices so they wouldn t fall under any office. second of all senators and representatives don t hold office either. the tells us under the incompatibility clause refers to them as holding seats not offices. you want to make sure there is no doubt that senators and representatives are covered given that the constitution suggests otherwise, you have to include them. the constitution says the presidency holds an office as do members of this court. and