himself because his wife, ginni had involvement in the january 6th events? it s up to him. he hasn t done so before, so i don t think he ll do so today. if we look at the order the supreme court gave us friday night saying they re taking the case, it s all about the scheduling. let s take a look at the calendar so we understand how this is going to play out over the next several weeks. january 18th, ten days from today, donald trump s brief is due. he he goes first because he lost below, and colorado s brief is due, and trump gets a chance for one last say, the reply brief, and february 8th, one month from today, we ll have oral argument from the supreme court. yeah. that will be audio livestream. the court does that. people should know although we think you should be able to watch it. you can listen to it. you can listen to all this in realtime or go back. talk about the arguments you believe will be central on both sides. a couple of things to know about the arguments. th
those who engaged in insurrection from holding office. the eventual decision, though, will have national repercussions. several states across the country have begun to grapple with how to manage the questions surrounding trump s in eligibility. oral arguments before the court slated for february 8th, adding to what will already be a daunting legal year ahead for the former president. joining me now is glenn kirschner, former federal prosecutor, msnbc legal analyst, and the host of the justice matters podcast. glenn, we were waiting for this news. it came in like yesterday. of course, friday afternoon, as things are. but let s talk about this. we re looking at the order that was entered as we noted, oral arguments are going to take place on february 8th. but there s a really expedited briefing scdu, with the original brief to be filed as early as january 18th. what are your thoughts about the fact that the supreme court has entered such a fast briefing schedule? i hate to look a gift
insurrectionist rule again. i want so make sure we emphasize this. we were talking with andrew weissmann on what he would be working for with the supreme court. we talked about this time line. walk us through what we can expect in the next few week ps. yeah. so, the court has set briefing schedules, so donald trump s brief will be due on january 18th. the response will be due january 31st. trump will have a chance to respond by february 5th, and oral argument three days later on february 8th. the justices will hear oral argument. i expect it to take a couple hours. they ll then go back to their private conference room. only the nine of them will be there. they ll begin by what they always do, shake everyone s hands, and go in the order of seniority and discuss the case.
it is going to be in that state. because of the colorado supreme court, donald trump s legal team, was asking the u.s. supreme court to weigh in. to the colorado supreme court make a mistake or not? they are trying to slate out a deadline. they will have oral arguments on february 8th. this will be on this manner. did the colorado supreme court make a mistake before than? thursday, january 18th. they have respondents. this is jens ready. of course, the oral arguments themselves will be on february 8th. senior legal analysts have been back. elliott, what is your reaction to this development? weigh in on the schedule.
with story telling as well as illustrations is show every person in this country how close they came to doing that. yeah. we ve talked a lot about the january 18th meeting. i look at the january 18th meeting as that moment where trump decided, at a fork in the road, he would take band of crazies, lead them down the yellow brick road of criminal conspiracy, and abandon all the people around him who were telling him this is illegal, this is wrong. you ve lost in court. there is no evidence. hey, there s no evidence. hey, there s no evidence. and now here we are. the criminal conspiracy has been charged in a couple of different ways, a couple of different jurisdictions. i think we need to pause for a moment and not be gleeful that we avoided disaster. because remember, they succeeded in convincing a huge number of