citizen trump. the idea that an american president returns to being an ordinary citizen just like everyone else after they leave office is as fundamental to the concept of america as the bill of rights. we re a nation with no king. and therefore, even the president of the united states is just a citizen. no more, nor less. and as such, they are held to the same laws and provided with the same defenses that you and i get. that is what the three-judge panel on the d.c. circuit court of appeals unanimously ruled today in its crushing legal takedown that counter to trump s stated arguments, presidents do not have complete and absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. and thus, trump must face trial for his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. in their ruling they reminded trump what the supreme court has already declared, quote, no man in this country is so high that he is above the law. no officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. all of the of
out and plays the blame game. we have fox team coverage tonight. peter doocy at the white house with the executive level finger pointing over the border badge. aishah hasnie at the capitol as republicans, even some democrats put stop sign on the measure. we begin with senior congressional correspondent chad pergram on the hill where the house could begin voting at any moment on blb to impeach homeland secretary alejandro mayorkas. good evening, bret. no impeach cabinet secretary changes tonight. the house votes to impeach alejandro mayorkas. of the allegations lying to congress and failing to enforce the law. it s about the math. at least two republicans plan to vote no ken buck and tom mcclintock. mcclintock called impeachment a stunt. but we know that s not grounds for impeachment. this border crisis can t be fixed by replacing one left wing official with another. if the house impeaches, marjorie taylor greene will serve as one of the 11 prosecutors in a senate trial.
laws were broken after lloyd austin was in the icu for days without telling the president. new safety concerns. a piece of a flight blew off the plane mid-flight. it s now being found on our grounded planes. we begin with breaking news from washington, d.c. a three-judge panel of the federal appeals court heard arguments from donald trump s attorneys. they argue the former president is immune from prosecution because they say his actions questioning the 2020 election results and urging congress to block certification of joe biden s victory were official acts. trump himself was in the courtroom for today s arguments and so was jack smith. the appeals court is hearing this case on an expedited basis. we could get a decision very soon. trump spoke moments ago and said he did not nothing wrong. with us to talk more about this, ryan reilly, who was inside the courtroom, for the arguments, joyce vance, former u.s. attorney and a law professor at the university of alabama. she s
a huge campaign issue for 2024. but we re going to start with an even bigger one. is donald trump eligible to be president of the united states again? colorado says no. maine says no. oregon and new hampshire and others might also chime in and say no. of course donald trump says yes, he is. so who ultimately decides this? the supreme court obviously is the ultimate decision maker here, and they might get involved. colorado has already asked them to. now with maine and perhaps others moving to take trump off the ballot, it only gets harder for the supremes to stay out of it. but here s the issue. getting into it is pretty complicated. both colorado and maine cite section 3 of the 14th amendment which bars officials who have taken an oath to support the constitution from holding office if they engage in an insurrection. the states say it is clear trump did just that on january 6th. what does the supreme court do about that? you might start to think about the make-up of the cour
tonight, america is seeing the ultimate in election interference as four unelected state judges all appointed by democrat governors have ruled that donald trump must be kept off next year s presidential ballot. the colorado supreme court in a 4-3 decision wrote that we conclude that because president trump is disqualified from holding the office of president under section 3 of the 1st amendment, it would be a wrongful act under the election code for the secretary to list trump as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot therefore the secretary may not list president trump s name on the 2024 presidential primary ballot nor may she count any write-in votes cast for him. enough to the suit focused on that section 3 of the 1st amendment that s aimed was aimed at barring confederates from federal office who engaged in insurrectionist behavior or rebellion. now, remember the case was spearheaded by a left wing group called citizens for responsibility and ethics in washingto