Blitzer thanks for joining us. Cnn breaking, news and you are in the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington and we begin with the Breaking News this morning. The United States Supreme Court ruling that former President Donald Trump cannot be removed from any states ballot for his actions on january 6. The nine justices affirming that he can run in a General Election. And once again, serve as the United States Commander In Chief in the Majority Opinion, the court writes that only congress can enforce the 14th Amendments ban on insurrectionists holding federal Public Office trump is responding to the decision calling it, and im quoting him now, a big win for america. But the court did not directly speak to whether or not his actions on january 6 equate to insurrection. Lets get straight to cnn anchor and chief legal analyst, laura coats. Shes outside the Supreme Court for us. Laura, what more, first of all, can you tell us . About this very historic and consequential decision . It i
On the books and what implications would that have for trump were he convicted. Thank you so much. Got to leave it there today. Very busy day. Jose diazbalart picks up our coverage right now. Good morning, it is 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. We begin with Breaking News from the u. S. Supreme court, which unanimously ruled that states cannot remove former President Trump from the ballot over his actions leading to the january 6th attack on the capitol under the 14th Amendment to the constitution. As the justices wrote in their opinion, quote, because the constitution makes Congress Rather than the states responsible for enforcing section 3 against federal officeholders and candidates we reverse. Colorado Secretary Of State Jena Griswold reacted on x saying she was disappointed by the decision ask that colorado should be able to bar oath breaking insurrectionists from our ballot, and donald trump reacted on his social media website calling it a big win for
Right now on ana cabrera reports, were coughing Breaking News from the Supreme Court expected to release decisions at any moment, one of which could be the highly anticipated ruling on Donald Trumps colorado ballot case. Just 24 hours from the super tuesday vote. Plus, nikki haley getting a primary victory, but does her win in washington, d. C. Do anything to change the trajectory before tomorrows elections . Or will donald trump complete his primary dominance this week . Were live in super tuesday states across the country. And later, fire and ice. The monster blizzard bringing dangerous conditions to california as wind whips wildfires in the texas panhandle. All right. We just got the Breaking News. Thank you for being with us here on msnbc. The Supreme Court issuing a ruling on the colorado ballot case. I want to go straight to ken dilanian who is outside the Supreme Court with this decision. Ken, what do we know . Reporter good morning, ana. Weve learned that it was a 90 decision r
Decision does and what it does not do. And were talking about just hours before voters in key states go to the polls. Thats exactly right here. This is the biggest electionrelated decision from the court in nearly a quarter century. And it comes just hours before Super Tuesday. And here a Unanimous Court ruling that the state of colorado cannot remove former President Trump from the ballot under Section Three of the 14th Amendment, the socalled insurrectionist ban. The court writing quote, because the constitution makes Congress Rather than the states, responsible for enforcing Section Three against federal Office Holders and candidates, we reverse we conclude that states may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office, but states have no power under the constitution to enforce Section Three with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency and dana, they talked about their concern that if individual states where each able to make different decisions, that it