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
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, colorado supreme court said that donald j. trump, 45th president of the united states, is an su insurrectionist and therefore should be disqualified from being president. i m pamela brown in for anderson. we begin with not just the ruling, which is historic, but what happens when it almost certainly reaches the u.s. supreme court, which could be seismic. starting us off tonight, paula reid. tell us more about this really surprising ruling. surprising, 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 re deciding here. i mean this is the biggest court decision to impact a national election since bush v. gore. even though this only impacts colorado, the implications could b
a constitutional crossroads unlike anything in this nation s history. donald trump is barred from the republican primary ballet. he is not eligible to run for president they are due to the 14th amendment s insurrections band. it is not the final word. i could come from the u.s. supreme court. now trump is fundraising from this ruling. the matter of trump being disqualified is up to the courts. backing the insurrection, that is already settled. take a listen. i think some things are self- evident. we saw it all. he supported insurrection. no question about it. none. zero. he aligned with a key part of this fourth opinion in colorado. the majority writing that trump did not only insight the insurrection, even when the seas was underway, he repeatedly demanded that pence refused to perform his constitutional duty and calling senators to stop the counting of electoral votes. this was a voluntary participation in the insurrection. john, great to see you, what happens next
scott, they ve got but can either of them take down donald trump? i m simone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. do you hear that? it is the sound of a clock ticking, and with each passing second, your financial future is more at risk. after hitting pause on the debt ceiling negotiations for hours, negotiators for the white house and congressional republican negotiators patrick mchenry and darren gray s continued talks last night, but left without progress. we are reporting they are not expected to meet today. republican negotiators are demanding the white house cave in to some of the drastic spending cuts. now, president biden is currently in hiroshima for the g7 conference, and is returning tomorrow. he says the risk of default is too serious. after last night s meeting, congress members graves and mchenry, they expressed skepticism as to whether a deal could be reached by june 1st. take a listen. this was a negotiation tonight. this was a candid discussion a
world. welcome to this special edition of hannity. i m in for sean. biden is in serious, serious trouble. the president s approval rating has plunged to a paltry 33%. that s pretty close to the 20s. 33%. this marks the lowest level of approval for president biden in his entire presidency. and it doesn t matter the issue. the economy, immigration, bringing the country together, handling international crisis, he has a lot of those, he receives failing marks on each and every one of those, i but it gets worse. a new bloomberg poll shows that former president trump beats president biden, look at that, all seven swing states that are polled, president trump prevails. this comes on the hills of a cnn trump showing, it comes after an early new york times showing a trump victory in five of six swing states. liberal media, they are panicking. it sounds to me like you think if the election were held today biden would lose. me and everybody else. the wall street journal