battery. and we are told she and a court martial were hurt and taken to the hospital after what you saw there. me laura coates, really unbelievable moment there. i hope that that judge is safe tonight. it s unbelievable to think about that. you hope that she is safe. but it also reminds you of the danger that many in the judicial branch are facing on a day-to-day basis, not just the supreme court, not just the more high-profile matters, but every single day, what it is like on the front lines of justice. thank you so much, abby. thanks, laura. i thank you. donald trump, going to the supreme court. but what took him so long? tonight, on laura coates live now, this is the case we have all been watching and waiting for. some might call it the big kahuna. donald trump asking the united states supreme court, the highest court in all the land, to overturn the colorado state supreme court ruling that took him off of the ballot under the 14th amendment s insurrectionist cla
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we don t say you have to do further congressional action so the fine kind of the same structure and has a shell language. if you engage in insurrection, or rebellion, you shall be disqualified from the office, president or or being elected. so, i think that is something to be considered more than a historical context of the amendment, and i think the supreme court will engage in a review, similar to what tim just said, with some of the laws that have been passed. and hopefully they re reconstruction but some would argue on that point, about self executing, which i know is a fancy way of saying, i don t have to do anything for this to work. it s going to be on its own. but if it is true that the self executing, say, the 15th amendment, and some would look at the voting rights act and say why is that even there then? why is there congressional legislation to ensure that the rights are not circumscribed in some way or in any way undermine? but the issue i think you make a very
context, at the legislative history perhaps, or the intent behind. it or the conversations around it. is it going to be enough to say, because the founding fathers left out the word president, that is it? that s all the marbles? enough. i when you go back to when this was actually passed after the civil war, i think it s unfathomable that robert e. lee could have engaged run for president after someone who couldn t run for president back, and because he engaged in also engaged in the same conduct and should not be able to run for president. i do want to touch on the self executing congressional act for as well. i read it a little differently. this is part of the reconstruction era amendments, the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. they ll have language in them about congress can further legislate to enforce the conduct where the behavior in the amendment. the 13th amendment apologists abolishes slavery. the 14th amendment is
think anybody is really disputing that former president did well, he is. he saying, i didn t engage an insurrection. his brief is actually funny on that point. because, he says he uses the example of former president trump didn t tell people to go into the capitol. but then it ignores the whole big lie that he s frightened washington d.c., and not telling people to go home for the three hours. so, it is an argument. but it s not a very fulsome argument. and so, i find it hard, when the 14th amendment is objection three is all about engaging in insurrection or rebellion for you not to get into the facts related to the very essence of that amendment. and since that argument in this brief wise president trump was actually pretty late in the brief. it shows that it was not the argument they are really hanging their hat. on and i don t see what the supreme court really analyze this issue without considering the insurrection piece of it. well, then, i ll be curious. because