From their ballots under the 14th Amendment, so he gets to stay on the ballot in colorado, where the primary is tomorrow, maine, and illinois cant kick him off either. This decision is significant because the Supreme Court has never had to rule before on whether or not states have the power to disqualify a candidate, even an insurrectionist. This outcome is not necessarily surprising. The moment most legal experts heard the Oral Arguments and, specifically the back and forth with the justices, most of them predicted the court wouldnt take the step of barring the republican front runner from the ballot, that they would find a way out, and they did. Now, would a different outcome have sent a stronger message that you cannot foment an insurrection and be allowed to run for federal office . Yes, it would have. Would it be better for the prospects of president bidens reelection if donald trump got kicked off the ballot given the fact that he attempted to overturn the last election . Yes, th
What well garland do. Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia, Attorney General Merrick Garland may eventually make a singular decision that determines the outcome of the 2024 election, whether the doj will continue to push for donald trump to be tried before election day in the federal case, premised on alleged Election Interference for months. Here, ive delivered commentaries focused on the timing of this particular prosecution because i think its most perilous to trump, and ive often done so with the assistance of elie honig will join me again in a moment. Heres the issue on wednesday, scotus granted cert and announced that the high court will hear Donald Trumps Immunity Defense i dont think the ultimate outcome is in dispute. I think trump loses that claim. In my opinion, its unlikely its illogical that the court will provide Blanket Immunity from criminal prosecution to an american president more important is the process, the timing of the courts Decision Garland told cnns evan pere
Omit . So i go back to the video, and i see that in the middle of that phrase, he had said, you know, we won in a landslide, everyone knows it. The election was stolen, you know, so even when hes recounting a moment when his own life was in danger and when President Trump wasnt helping him out, he is still covering for the boss. So that to me was very revelatory. The new book is entitled the Washington Book how to read politics and politicians with, and its on sale now. New york times opinion columnist carlos lozada. That does it for us this morning, have a great weekend, everybody. Ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. Right now on ana cabrera reports, donald trump in a courthouse in florida, high stakes hearing this hour in the classified documents case. What were learning about the time line for a trial. Plus, Closing Arguments today in the bid to disqualify the d. A. In the Georgia Election case. Could that entire prosecution now be in jeopardy . Also ahead, intense security
Scheduled by the Justice Department and Special Counsel jack smith for his january 6th conduct. By shorthand you may have heard this called the Immunity Case. What we have new just in the last hour is the Supreme Court deciding to weigh in, to take the case to delay the trial. As well get into tonight its not something they have to do but something they have the Legal Authority to do, and its something they are doing. So the court is granting this cert, this review late today. And theyre giving a calender which well get into because it has repercussions for the court, the country, potentially the election and on whether or not the fbi and Justice Department can patrol efforts to overthrow our democracy and stage coups. This means no matter what we know something tonight we didnt know last night that jack smiths scheduled coup trial and his victories because hes won not one but two basic hearings about whether or not president s have immunity when they leave office, both the trial judge
Physicians james neutral well, welcome to all you watching us here in the United States, canada, and Around The World. Im Kim Brunhuber. This is cnn newsroom aid flowing to gaza is nowhere nearly enough. Now its no wasnt biden announces plans for the us to airdropped desperately needed food and supplies into gaza. This as the idf says, its suspending military activities and parts of the enclave on a daily basis, plus mourners are still paying their last respects to russian Opposition Leader Alexey Navalny a day after he was laid to rest in moscow. Were live in berlin with a look at how people are honoring the fearless dissident. And our Blockbuster Blizzard is slamming california hey, whats up to 12 feet of snow and 140 mile per hour winds. Weve got the latest from the Weather Center on this extremely dangerous storm live from atlanta. This is cnn newsroom with Kim Brunhuber we begin with a Surprise Announcement from the Israeli Military. It says it will suspend military activities in