Hes an outspoken republican critic of donald trump. Now, hes running for the senate. Our Keynote Conversation with former maryland governor, larry hogan, on the direction of the gop as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. Good evening once again, im Stephanie Ruhle live from washington d. C. Get out your sharpie and your old School Calendar because we are now 246 days away. Cross them off, from the election. The Supreme Court has officially ruled on a key question looming over the president ial race, the day before Super Tuesday. Today, all nine justices rejected colorados effort to kick former President Trump off the ballot because of his actions leading up to january 6th. The decision applies to all states, basically ending the effort to remove trump from ballots around the country. The courts ruling comes on what was supposed to be day one of trumps federal election interference trial, but that has now been delayed by the Supreme Court. My colleague Laura Jarrett breaks
Hour, and we are told he will talk about the big u. S. Supreme Court Victory for him today. The decision was unanimous, and it says colorado must include former President Trump on the states primary ballot. The high court issued a 90 rejection. Wow. They all agreed a rejection of colorados attempt to disqualify donald trump. And the effect could be farreaching, because you know both maine and illinois have also taken his name off the ballots, and there are efforts pending all across the country. A big day for trump. Im harris faulkner. You are in the faulkner focus. A quick recap now. Last year, the Colorado State Supreme Court cited Section Three of the 14th Amendment as grounds for removal of Donald Trumps name. That is the socalled insurrectionist clause. It was originally used to prevent former confederates from Holding Public office. Colorado claimed it applied to trump over his role in the january 6th capitol hill riot. Trumps appeal made it all the way to the u. S. Supreme court
Have seen in the Biden Administration toward Bibi Netanyahus government. With Vice President Kamala Harris publicly, anyway, leading the way in what is a break with the netanyahu governments policy, the Vice President yesterday unequivocally called for a ceasefire in gaza. It seems like a very important turn in the way the administration is handling this. Yeah, and, i mean, theres all sorts of interesting Politics Around it, but to me its signaled that i dont think the white house would be doing that, i dont think Vice President harris will be doing that if that was something that was impossible, at least that is sort of what my heart leapt to what i heard her say it, that if she is saying that, it must mean they think that it can happen. If they think it can happen, god hopes it will. We are just going to roll the tape later of what the Vice President had to say. She had a lot to say about it. Were going to see that later in the hour. Well, yesterdays republican primary has become the
Right now on ana cabrera reports, were coughing Breaking News from the Supreme Court expected to release decisions at any moment, one of which could be the highly anticipated ruling on Donald Trumps colorado ballot case. Just 24 hours from the super tuesday vote. Plus, nikki haley getting a primary victory, but does her win in washington, d. C. Do anything to change the trajectory before tomorrows elections . Or will donald trump complete his primary dominance this week . Were live in super tuesday states across the country. And later, fire and ice. The monster blizzard bringing dangerous conditions to california as wind whips wildfires in the texas panhandle. All right. We just got the Breaking News. Thank you for being with us here on msnbc. The Supreme Court issuing a ruling on the colorado ballot case. I want to go straight to ken dilanian who is outside the Supreme Court with this decision. Ken, what do we know . Reporter good morning, ana. Weve learned that it was a 90 decision r
Little january 6th insurrection. The highest court in the land today kept him on the ballot in a ruling a dodges the facts of january 6th and trumps role in it. Instead, the Supreme Court handed trump a second gift on a constitutional technicality. The justices say that states do not have the power to bar candidates from running for federal office. They say, quote, because the constitution makes Congress Rather than the states responsible for enforcing section 3 against federal Office Holders and candidates, we reverse. Theyre referring to the decision by the Colorado State Supreme Court. Now, that court found that trump did engage in insurrection by trying to overturn the will of the voters by any means possible, including violence, and that section 3 of the 14th Amendment does, in fact, apply to the presidency. Now, the Supreme Courts decision today does not touch on either the question of whether trump is or is not an insurrectionist, or whether the text of section 3 applies to him.