hour, and we are told he will talk about the big u.s. supreme court victory for him today. the decision was unanimous, and it says colorado must include former president trump on the state s primary ballot. the high court issued a 9-0 rejection. wow. they all agreed a rejection of colorado s attempt to disqualify donald trump. and the effect could be far-reaching, because you know both maine and illinois have also taken his name off the ballots, and there are efforts pending all across the country. a big day for trump. i m harris faulkner. you are in the faulkner focus. a quick recap now. last year, the colorado state supreme court cited section three of the 14th amendment as grounds for removal of donald trump s name. that is the so-called insurrectionist clause. it was originally used to prevent former confederates from holding public office. colorado claimed it applied to trump over his role in the january 6th capitol hill riot. trump s appeal made it all the way to the
little january 6th insurrection. the highest court in the land today kept him on the ballot in a ruling a dodges the facts of january 6th and trump s role in it. instead, the supreme court handed trump a second gift on a constitutional technicality. the justices say that states do not have the power to bar candidates from running for federal office. they say, quote, because the constitution makes congress rather than the states responsible for enforcing section 3 against federal office holders and candidates, we reverse. they re referring to the decision by the colorado state supreme court. now, that court found that trump did engage in insurrection by trying to overturn the will of the voters by any means possible, including violence, and that section 3 of the 14th amendment does, in fact, apply to the presidency. now, the supreme court s decision today does not touch on either the question of whether trump is or is not an insurrectionist, or whether the text of section 3
see you in vegas. dana: good to have you back. no charges after a bombshell report finds president biden willfully retained and disclosed classified material. even worse politically it indicates biden s mental state is in decline using blistering words to describe his aptitude, important memory and diminished faculties. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. we start back there. bill: happy friday. a long one, huh? bill hemmer, good morning. special counsel report blowing open the national debate about the president s age. special counsel hur recommending against criminal charges in part because a jury might view biden as an elderly man with a poor memory, end quote. dana: even in the mainstream media the reaction has been harsh. they are no longer to ignore the age-old question is biden too old to be on the 2024 ticket? atlantic with a harsh headline. biden s age is now unavoidable. he looks like he is turning into a statue of joe biden. the im
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
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