alleged role in the january 6th insurrection. we ll all be able to listen live tomorrow morning. let me make it easy to follow the conversation tomorrow. you ve been hearing a lot about the 14th amendment. it s at the center of the case. it has five sections. of the five, you may only really know section one, the one about due process, laws, that one. it s the other white meat, section three. that s the one that s important, the so-called insurrectionist band. at its core it says, you can t hold office if you ve engaged in an insurrection. if it were that easy, i wouldn t have to explain it to you, would i? and the supreme court wouldn t take it up. there s a couple words you to pay attention to. it s the words that bring us here today, the court there tomorrow, and that court will dissect these words when trying to understand whether the insurrectionist ban of section three fully does apply to donald trump. the first words to consider is officer. the big question, is the pre
former president trump asserts that there was a politicized process that resulted in his prosecution related to classified documents and other things? so for the public, if democrats and this administration say trust the department of justice, trust the institutions, but you re also arguing here gratuitous political cheap shots and false assertions. how are they to process this? i talked about this a minute ago, and i think, you know, when you have the former attorney general, when you have the former acting fbi director, when you have the former general counsel of the fbi, you know, these are experienced people at the justice department who spent decades working at the justice department and they re saying it s gratuitous, this isn t appropriate. this is inconsistent with the doj policy and practice. that s them saying it. we agree. you heard the president speak forcefully about this last night. you heard the vice president speak forcefully about this today. we agree that
this is a historic moment for the united states supreme court and for american democracy. the justices about to consider whether donald trump is constitutionally barred from being president again. we ll hear the unprecedented arguments and the court s responses live. welcome to cnn s special live coverage of the trump ballot battle at the u.s. supreme court. i m kaitlan collins live outside the supreme court. and i m jake tapper. the nation s highest court will review this landmark case. the division by colorado s supreme court to disqualify former president trump from the 2024 ballot based on what some call the insurrectionist ban 12349th amendment to the u.s. constitution. today the nine justices, three of them nominated by trump, are poised to have the most direct impact on a presidential election since the supreme court decided bush v. gore nearly a quarter sentry ago. now among the questions before the highest court in the land today, did trump incite an insurrecti
argument inside. good morning, welcome to our coverage. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino. the court is set to decide whether colorado can disqualify trump under section three of the 14th amendment as the insurrection clause. it is something the court has never considered until now. bill: the colorado supreme court all seven judges appointed by a democratic governor ruled 4-three against the former president despite the fact that no court has ever convicted him insurrection. dana: one of the mbiggest cases for trump this year. he will not be on hand for today s argument. bill: all that happening before tonight s republican caucuses in the state of nevada where trump is not banned from the ballot there. he is heavily favored to take home all 26 delegates this evening. dana: team fox coverage. alicia acuna and andy mccarthy, jonathan turley. let s begin with shannon bream to set us up outside the supreme court. a cold day in washington. there were people who st
so mcveig they refused. the super bowl is three days away and hall of famer emmitt smith is here to preview the game. the third hour of fox and friends starts right now and mornings are better with friends. in 2 hours the supreme court will hear arguments on colorado s decision to remove former president donald trump from the states ballot. the high court in legal territory as justices russell with a historic election dispute. i can hear someone is screaming behind you. exactly. already started opinions on both sides but today s oral arguments are significant and donald trump s attorneys say it s simple. taking him off the ballot strips them of his right as a presidential candidate to enjoy being on the ballot we re going to hear arguments a section about the 14th amendment. bars us from holding federal office in the future who engage in insurrection. it was an active civil war. the question is if it applies to a president trump in his conduct voters in colora