A nine to nothing ruling. But the justices did agree. In fact that it is not up to the states to enforce an execute the 14th Amendment. You saw at Justices Alito and thomas in agreement with Justices Sotomayor and kagan on that point. Its simply he could not be as a matter of law, as a matter of constitutional interpretation, that every state gets to do what it wants, because otherwise that would leave us with a quote, patchwork of different states doing Different Things according to the decision. So its a rare 90 opinion and i think they hit the nail on the head here now we saw two concurring opinions, one by Justice Amy Coney barrett, and one by the three liberal leaning justices. They really had a big disagreement there yeah, i think the actual amount of disagreement here isnt that much when you drill down on it, its important to understand all nine justices agreed. Its not up to the states. The five justices in the main opinion said it has to be done by congress only congress can e
Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper this hour, a forceful moment today from the israeli ambassador to the United Nations trying to get the world holds attention about atrocities of war against israel. The rape cannot continue. The Sexual Violence cannot continue hamas must be eliminated rapist mass murder, and must never be given a free pass by the un. And terror cannot, can never be tolerated hey underscoring that he says acts of Sexual Violence by hamas, including raping women held hostage, have not stopped. What the Ambassador Says needs to happen before any kind of ceasefire between israel and hamas can be reconsidered. Plus the election days so big it goes by Super Tuesday. Were on the cusp of it primary contests in 16 states plus American Samoa cant forget them. Why tomorrow means so much, no matter which date you may live in. And leading this hour. Efforts to take donald trump off 2024 ballots in maine, in illinois, and colorado now shut down that in the wake of todays unanimous
Washington, dc alongside brianna keilar, and it is a tuesday unlike any other, its Super Tuesday. So millions of americans are going to cast votes across 16 states and american samoa. It could be a decisive day for President Biden and donald trump were hoping to have theyre respective president ial nominations. All but clinched by the end of the night. And we could see answers to really critical questions. Will this be the final day of nikki haleys campaign . Will President Biden face more Protest Votes from frustrated democrats . And is there an appetite for trumpstyle republicans down ballot . We may have now the answers within hours and looming over all of these questions, are these polarizing issues that voters are weighing immigration, abortion, and inflation among them. Cnn has reporters on the ground across the country. So lets start in the increasingly purple North Carolina with dianne gallagher. Dianne, what are you hearing from voters there so weve been pretty steady turnout
Trumps community case. This is a momentous Decision Just to hear this case. Tonight, rachel and Lawrence Odonnell on the Supreme Court with their delayed decision and what it means for justice. Lisa rubin and kristi on how we got here. The new political reality for an electorate that has stopped trump before. All in starts now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The right wing dominated the Supreme Court and gave donald trump a gift. The biggest possible gift anyone could give him. The biggest possible gift they have given him yet. Trump in violent coup to overthrow democracy. He rallied a Supporter System to destroy the capital and he was indicted by our justice department, representative of us, the people, on four federal Felony Counts by a grand jury for his role in the insurrection. Today, in a single document, the court agreed to consider trumps claim that he is immune from prosecution for the january 6th insurrection, because he was acting in some sense of his official c
and members of his inner-most circle. we re talking about the slates of fake electors set up in battleground states. they set up as the spark for the rest of the plan as conceived by john eastman. from the very beginning from when the plan was first conceived days after the november election, attorneys for the trump campaign were well aware of the fact that their plan for slates of fake electors was how should we put it fake. the new york times reported on emails from trump lawyers that say this, quote, we would just be sending in fake electoral votes to pence so someone in congress can make an objection when they start counting votes and start arguing that the they need to be counted. he wrote that on december 8, 2020 in an email to boris epshteyn, an advisor for the trump campaign. in a followup email, the same guy, mr. will len chick wrote that alternative votes is probably a better term, a better word than fake votes. he added a smiley face emoji. the plan quickly g