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
You are in the cnn newsroom. Im jim sciutto In Washington. We begin with what could be a Major Development from the us Supreme Court. The court has scheduled the release of a ruling tomorrow, driving speculation. This could be the decision on whether former President Donald Trump can appear on colorados president ial ballot. The courts decision likely to decide the matter in several other states that now have similar pending challenges. Those states include maine and illinois boy, he states argue that trumps actions surrounding january 6 and the 2020 election, his attempts to overturn it disqualify him for office under the constitution based on the 14th amendments insurrectionist ban. Cnn Senior Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic joins me now. Joan, great to have you unusual announcement from the us Supreme Court teeing this up. Why do we expect this as the Ballot Decision . Now, all signs pick pointed that direction, jim, first of all, at Close Of Business on friday, there was no ann
Donald trump, the Gingerbread Man. Although the title may seem like a hilarious comedy, this is hardly a laughing matter. In fact, this is not inspired by real events, but rather based on actual occurrences and real facts. Now, in 2023, donald trump, the former president of the United States, and the current frontrunner for the republican nomination, was indicted 4 times. He was charged with 91 felony counts, he set for 2 trials, was hit with a multi Million Dollar civil verdict, and he took the mugshots scene around the world. Hes now been removed from the primary ballot in 2 different states. It almost makes you wonder whether hes more busy now than he was when he was actually the commander in chief. With the new year, donald trump faces 5 separate trials and verdicts in 2 civil cases that threaten both his Bank Accounts and his businesses. All the while, hes also facing the jury that we havent even talked about. The american electorate. But for as long as Donald J Trump has dominate
the sun is going to rise in the east in the morning, the republicans would deny it. and vice versa, i might add. i m right here, we will update you if the kansas house sees this measure through, as the marion county record continues with outstanding reporting. the paper put it perfectly on the day of the raid. seized, but not silenced. and on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks and nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. end of tomorrow if you are a person who does not think a convicted felon should be running the country, you might think of this statistic as a glass half empty kind of number. an exit polling conducted by nbc yesterday, but 54% of new hampshire s republican primary voters said that if donald trump to be convicted of a crime, they would still consider him fit to be president. don t get me wrong, that is not a sign of a healthy democracy. the majority of new hampshi
let s get right to it. we begin with the actually unprecedented collation of politics that america is facing in 2024, whether we like it or not, whether we re tired or not, which i get. but the nation has never actually put a former president on trial. several prosecutors are working on that for a task, even as donald trump s civil fraud trial stretches through december of 2023. and in 2024, as you probably heard, if you d watch the news, defended trump faces several criminal trials in different districts while running for president again. procutor jack smith separately, the stolen intelligence documents case in florida. the atlanta dea pushing ahead of convictions 2023. and then you ve got over 90 felonies changed. that is not normal, even if it has been normalized. the first trial initially slated from march, well those schedules can change facing more serious warnings from people who know about this, from actual legal experts. discussing a very real possibility t