And thank you all so much for joining us. Cnn newsnight with abby phillip starts right now the Supreme Court picks the path of least resistance. Thats tonight on newsnight good evening im abby philip in new york and tonight, the Supreme Court pulled out the legal Jumper Cables to start the most consequential political week of the election so far thursday, President Biden will paint his vision for the country and for his own campaign delivering the state of the Union Address to a massive primetime audience but tomorrow, Super Tuesday, and it may effectively end the republican nominating contest. Today, the Supreme Court made sure that if it does, the man who is likely to emerge as the victor will actually appear on the ballot. And a nine to nothing ruling. The justices effectively cleared the decks for donald trump. They said the colorado got it wrong when it stated that he should be erased from the ballot. Now, added all up and the justices did something that trump actually liked quite
The Supreme Court today making it a reality and making history settling an issue thats been unclear since reconstruction. All nine justices deciding that neither colorado nor any other state can bar him under the 14th amendment, Section Three insurrection language quoting from the opinion, quote, we can clued that states may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office, but states have no power under the constitution to enforce Section Three with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency. The opinion was per curiam, meaning not attributed to any specific justice however, in a concurrence that you might say reads more like a dissent justices sonia sotomayor, elena kagan, and Ketanji Brown jackson take issue with the rulings broadness, which they suggest is to quote, insulate this court and petitioner from future controversy. The petitioner, of course, being donald trump, asked for him he praised the ruling, then pivoted to the courts. Next big decision on pr
Big win for trump just in time for Super Tuesday, the lead starts right now. All Nine Supreme Court justices agree. Colorado cannot judge just kicked trump off its 2024 ballots, regardless of what he did on january 6 coming up the sharp divide we see in the court over important details despite this unanimous ruling. Plus well get reaction from trumps Top Republican challenger, nikki haley and from a conservative judge who thought the us Supreme Court should disqualify ill fight trump. Also this hour. A white house, welcome for a key israeli official, not nicknamed bebe instead, the welcome is for bibi is cheap political opponent. Does this signal a new strategy for the United States . Top Biden Administration official john kirby is here to respond and cnn on the ground found in yet another war torn country, this time its hating. Were there to see up close how the explosion of gangs and crime have taken over. Plus how haitis problems spill into the United States welcome to the lead. Im
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