for now, democratic opponent. i m paula ramos in for ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. democratic secretary of state now becomes the first election official to take action unilaterally. in the 30-page decision, she didn t come to that conclusion lightly. writing, quote, i outlined people that no secretary of state has ever deprived presidential candidate of ballot access based on section three of the 14th amendment. i m also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engage in insurrection. bells issued her ruling after a bipartisan group of former lawmakers challenge promised free position on the ballot and you should know that she s deposit decision but peeling the court. which trump said in the tens of. i ll also on thursday, california secretary of state chose to include trump s name on the list of candidates certified too run in the states presidential primary, despite a call for her not to do so from the state lieutenant governor. those decisio
political activeism that hurts voting rights? i think that based upon the court decisions as i ve seen them, as i ve read them, it is interpretation of the law. my view is, we ought not have a court in which you can determine whether the justices appointed by a republican or democrat president, they ought to specifically interpret the words of the law, the words of the constitution as best they can, as best as they understand them, and if there s some doubt about those words, look to the intent and when we get a result that we don t like, and clearly i ve lived through courts in which i have significant disagreements with their decisions, including this court, but the results shouldn t be that we have an uproar about the supreme court and adding more justices. it should be that we re going to work to make the laws better. you can come to congress and lobby. the last thing we need is for the court to be a legislative body. that s what congress is. that s what the constitution outlines
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in virginia, as chris writes, chesterfield county, outside of richmond, you have old line republicans, business republicans, the same type you see in the main line outside philadelphia. foes with college educations doing well voting democrat. that becomes significant if you think of some of those house races we will see in 2018. that s why you see bannon so twisted up and the people on that side of the ball who wanted to play the harshness. the president said don t forget we are four for four. he was o-tper last night. they went four for four on home turf. some were close and shouldn t have been. roy moore in alabama shouldn t even be close. it s locked up in the polls. it is is not enough for him to
every person who has ever been singled out, this one s for you. first time politician chris hurst, the boyfriend of reporter shot and killed on live tv in 2015, also elected in virginia, upsetting three-time renin couple bent backed by the nra. while the republicans have not won a statewide election since 2009, there is some thought that last night s results shouldn t be taken seriously because they are democratic races that democrats should win. hotly contested senate race in alabama where a trump-backed candidate polls show is locked in a tight race. that could perhaps provide a greater glimpse into donald trump s impact on races across the country. chris and alisyn. thank you for breaking that down with us. let s discuss it with gregory and politics reporter and editor