hello, everyone, and welcome to this speciaecial edition of hannity . i m tammy bruce. and for sean, on this last fridayn of han. tammy b of 2023. we begin with a shocking f displariy of authoritarianism in the state of all places, the state of mainenism. last night, secretary of state shenna bellows, a devout democrat, decided that shepowe alone has the power to pick and choose who is allowed to appear on the 2024on republican primary ballot. and of course, donal the rd trud not make the cut. maine s far left secretary. of state believes deep in her heart that trump committedlievet act of insurrection despite no charges or convictions o tr lik that. yeah. naturally, moments after . banning trump, bellows appearedd on msnbc and cnn to brag o about her heartfelt decision. watch this. to follow the man to, ensure the candidates, all the candidates who appear on the primary ballot are qualified for the office they seek. it is unprecedented. no secretaryseek of state has
donald trump is vowing to fight the seismic ruling by colorado s supreme court that would remove him from the gop primary ballot there deeming him and eligible to run for president. trump posting on troop social after the ruling, a sad day in america. the colorado supreme court said if trump appeals to the us supreme court by jan fourth, which his teams says that they well, the decision to kick him off the ballot will be paused until the nation s highest court decides if it will take up the case. remember january fourth is one day before state law requires the colorado secretary of state to certify the list of candidates for the march 5th presidential primary there. so if the justices take this up, they have a complex argument to review. the colorado supreme court found here, 4-3, that trump engaged in an insurrection and that he incited violence on january 6th 2021, when he was still in office. they actually affirmed a lower court s ruling that trump s january 6th speech wa
january 6th just disappear? plus, with the midterms, 102 days away, how is the apparent republicans charge of obstruction and extremism working out? and, in a big lead for the biden administration, we will get into the, winds and the challenges, and the controversial comments of one supreme court justice, with one of our favorite historians, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. and we have got breaking news just out tonight from the washington post. the paper reporting the homeland security inspector general, the watchdog, stopped a plan to locate those missing secret service text messages from january six. writing this, quote, homeland security s chief watchdog scrapped its investigative teams effort to collect agency phones to try to recover deleted secret service text this year. according to for people with knowledge of the decision, and internal records reviewed by the washington post. the inspector general an
get into the, winds and the challenges, and the controversial comments of one supreme court justice, with one of our favorite historians, as the 11th hour gets underway on this friday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. and we have got breaking news just out tonight from the washington post. the paper reporting the homeland security inspector general, the watchdog, stopped a plan to locate those missing secret service text messages from january six. writing this, quote, homeland security s chief watchdog scrapped its investigative teams effort to collect agency phones to try to recover deleted secret service text this year. according to for people with knowledge of the decision, and internal records reviewed by the washington post. the inspector general and his tufted not respond to repeated requests on this reporting. the report was coauthored by carol leonnig, she will be joining us in just a moment. last, night caroline her colleague reported there are ev
and seemed to compare the decision whose name may not be spoken with the russian attack on ukraine. historian jon meacham still with us. jon meacham you, is there any precedent for this? i really try not to use that word, because we use it all too often over the last four years. but a supreme court justice anna issue like that? you know, presidents come and go. but the supreme court is forever. and much is given, much expected it s a lifetime appointment, to decide in a given generation, and perhaps beyond that, what the constitution means? and, look, all of us go for the easy job occasionally, but not all of us are the united supreme court justices. and so, i think that number you just showed, i suspect, if people paid attention, would tick down even farther.