higher courts to weigh in on the matter. by law, color secretary of state janet griswold had to certify the primary ballots yesterday, which she did, including putting trump s name on that list for now per the colorado supreme court s order. but the matter is far from settled, and a lot can still change depending on what the supreme court has to say and the next several weeks. joining me now is janet griswold, secretary of state of colorado, the chair of the democratic association of secretaries of state. and i have to say, secretary griswold, you and i have talked for a long time. you have been a great friend of the show. i wasn t guessing that you re going to become the most famous and central secretary of state in the entire country, but here you are, you are in the middle of the biggest constitutional question that we are facing on the state as regards the next election. you made a decision last night to put donald trump s name on the ballot because your ballots have to be printed,
explain that decision to us. good morning ali, and always a pleasure to see you. i do think that the colorado supreme court got it right. donald trump incited an insurrection, the u.s. constitution prohibits candidates who engaged in insurrection from being on the ballot, and so he is disqualified. however, the colorado supreme court said that if an appeal was filed by the january 4th, trump would be presumed on the ballot into the u.s. supreme court acted, and that is exactly what happened. and so i did certify trump to the ballot. ballots for overseas and military voters will actually go out this month, and so it is really urgent that the supreme court acts swiftly so that coloradans and frankly all americans know whether someone who engaged in insurrection can run for the highest office in this country again. and i guess i want to ask
to the white house and use the powers of the presidency to exact retribution against his political enemies, as trump has openly and repeatedly vowed to do. it is a predicament that is given rise to a number of constitutional questions that are justice system has never had to consider, because an insurrectionist never had to run for president before, nor is the former president ever been charged with a crime. many of the questions remain unresolved, and they could fundamentally alter the dynamics of this year s elections that tension was on full display last night when the supreme court of the night nations re to consider whether trump is ineligible for colorado s republican primary ballot. last, month colorado state supreme court ruled that the former president should be barred from the ballot because of his actions leading up to the insurrection. the justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments in that case on february 8th, which is lightning speed by supreme court standards. trump s
it through enforcement, professor american history at yale university, and steven levitskiy is a professor of history at harvard university. two days before judge michael luttig got a phone call that may have changed the course of history for this nation. then, a capitol police officer who risked his life on january six is hoping to serve his country to different way, this time as an elected official. plus i will talk to california colorado secretary of state janet griswold on the heels of the decision to see whether trump is eligible to be on the stage primary ballot. another hour of velshi starts right now. good morning, it s saturday december the six. i m ali velshi. it s been three years since that mob attacked the united states capitol as part of donald trump s desperate attempt to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of the violent insurrection continues to loom large over
been dismissed, others are pending in the courts. the supreme courts are not only going to decide whether trump will appear in colorado s primary ballot, but it will most likely determine his eligibility to run in the entire general election. that may not be the only trump related issue the supreme court will be asked to consider in the coming weeks and months. on tuesday, a federal appeals court will hear arguments regarding trump s claim that he is immune from criminal prosecution for things he did during his presidency. another matter that has few presidents and american history. a trump s eligibility to be on the ballot is the most pressing one right now. the election season begins in earnest with the iowa caucuses just nine days from today. maine is the only other states so far to roll that trump s constitutionally disqualified from bearing on the ballot. last hour, i spoke to the secretary of state from maine. but due to the unprecedented nature of this entire situation, official