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 states primary ballot. The high court issued a 90 rejection. Wow. They all agreed a rejection of colorados attempt to disqualify donald trump. And the effect could be farreaching, 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. Im 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 Trumps name. That is the socalled 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. Trumps appeal made it all the way to the u. S. Supreme court
times. justice jackson: no. i m not going to that. let me just say so your point is that there is no ambiguity with having a list and not having president in it with having a history that suggest that they were really focused on local concerns in the south with this conversation where the legislators actually discussed you are saying there is no they vote. justice jackson: i m talking about the barred office part of this. jason murray: barred office is if you want to include everybody first presidential electors they are not offices so they wouldn t fall under any office. second of all senators and representatives don t hold office either. the tells us under the incompatibility clause refers to them as holding seats not offices. you want to make sure there is no doubt that senators and representatives are covered given that the constitution suggests otherwise, you have to include them. the constitution says the presidency holds an office as do members of this court. and
insurrectionist clause. this is the u.s. constitution. this is the supreme court that s the final word on what it means. nikki haley and ron desantis days to go before the caucuses. i don t play for second. i never have. 2016 it was a lot about america first. now i think it s more about trump first. courtment documents. donald trump, nothing yet is a blockbuster. but there s more to come. house spieaker mike johnson and dozens of lawmakers visit the southern border. they see what has to be done. they try to hold up those dollars. this is not about sending more money. it s about changing a policy. good morning, everyone. it s the top of the hour.