again. attorneys for colorado plaintiffs say this is an easy call. donald trump is disqualified today. he was disqualified on january six, 2021, when he engaged in that he. disqualified himself under our constitution. it s not our plaintiffs who are seeking to do that. trump of course appealed the colorado decision, sending it to the supreme court. trump himself is not expected to attend tomorrow s arguments, which are expected to last at least 80 minutes. this is the most consequential case for a presidential election since bush v. gore, get ready to feel old, 24 years ago. and right now americans opinion of the supreme court is historically low. meanwhile and on trump s other legal cases, his attorneys say they want to get the charges against him dropped in the mar- a-lago classified documents case. in georgia the attorneys are going after fulton county d. a. fani willis. they argue she should be disqualified and trump s charges should be dismissed because she brought u
right now. good naming from new york. i m chris hayes. it is all about the clock and the calendar. that has been clear ever since the first criminal charges came down against donald trump last spring our justice system moves at its own speed. but there s a finite amount of time for the ex president to be tried and the 91 charges he now faces before voters go to the polls on election day. now of, course everyone knows this, and trump certainly knows this. it is why, remember, he announced his 2024 campaign for president all the way back in november of 2022. that was one of his first attempts to shield himself politically from the legal accountability that he knew was coming. and of course, since then, trump has been doing everything possible to slow down the wheels of justice. he is basically in a race with a very sluggish system, trying to make it to november 5th when he very well could be elected president again before justice can catch up and put him on trial. the goal is
repercussions for the election this year and also for the future of american democracy. it is arguably the most important election case to reach the supreme court since bush v gore nearly a quarter century ago. the question before the court is pretty simple actually. does section 3 of the 14th amendment, which bars, quote, an officer of the united states who, quote, engaged in insurrection from holding public office actually apply to the man who incited the january 6th riot, who tried to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power for the first time since the civil war. the colorado state supreme court has already ruled that, yes, trump should be barred from the ballot in that state based on the insurrection that he clearly engaged in. quote, president trump is disqualified from holding the office of president under section 3 because he is disqualified it would be a wrongful act under the election code for the secretary to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot
headlines across the globe. what it means is that i m untouchable, you can t touch, me i m above, you which is embarrassing, frankly, simply doesn t stack up tonight, the race to get donald trump inside judge chutkan s courtroom. i think they have to find that section three applies to people who phone in and participate in insurrections. alex wagner on her exclusive interview with hillary clinton, plus if you tried to move a bill that solves the border crisis during this presidential year, i will do whatever it can to destroy you. senator chris murphy on the republican sabotage of their own border bell. and alexander at costco court as on the chaos in the house and what all that starts right now. good naming from new york. i m chris hayes. it is all about the clock and the calendar. that has been clear ever since the first criminal charges came down against donald trump last spring our justice system moves at its own speed. but there s a finite amount of