distinguished supreme court practitioner, laurence tribe. harvard historian, yell historian, and of course on this important night we are fortunate to hear from to law professors who are also practitioners, andrew weissmann, and neal katyal. neil katyal is of course a distinguished supreme court practitioner, having argued 50 cases before the court, and andrew weissmann is a former federal prosecutor and justice department official. my mission therefore in this hour is to get out of the way so that you can hear from them and not me. but i, want to take a minute to begin with two things that may reside more in the category of pet peeves than scholarly discussion that you are about to hear from our guests. one is that clarence thomas should ve recused himself from this case because everyone on that bench today knew, clarence thomas s wife was there. she was there, she was present when donald trump incited engaged in insurrection. the essence of our case is president trump s o
in the words of one republican senator tonight, quote, i m just pissed off. lisa murkowski is hardly the only one in her party that feels that way right now and is completely exasperated what s been happening on capitol hill. in just the last 24 hours her party lined up to sink the border bill one of their own negotiated for months. you can hear the frustration in that senator s voice, james lankford, of oklahoma how he lamented the politics have overtaken the policy. this is the pen that i was handed at that desk when i was sworn in to the united states senate. there s no reason for me to have this pen if we re just going to do press conferences. i can do press conferences from anywhere, but we can only make law from this room. no law s being made right now. senator mitch mcconnell was even among the no votes today even after he helped craft this bill, but that was after it was made clear it was not going anywhere. tonight many in the republican conference are sounding t
argument inside. good morning, welcome to our coverage. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino. the court is set to decide whether colorado can disqualify trump under section three of the 14th amendment as the insurrection clause. it is something the court has never considered until now. bill: the colorado supreme court all seven judges appointed by a democratic governor ruled 4-three against the former president despite the fact that no court has ever convicted him insurrection. dana: one of the mbiggest cases for trump this year. he will not be on hand for today s argument. bill: all that happening before tonight s republican caucuses in the state of nevada where trump is not banned from the ballot there. he is heavily favored to take home all 26 delegates this evening. dana: team fox coverage. alicia acuna and andy mccarthy, jonathan turley. let s begin with shannon bream to set us up outside the supreme court. a cold day in washington. there were people who st
rights la of the year to share his personal views about religion. but the problem is alito and the other right-wing justices are imposing their personal, moral and political beliefs on all of us. and new reports show how they re using made up plaintiffs in recent supreme court cases to do it. also tonight, new details on donald trump s efforts to over turn his election loss in arizona. amid new reporting that jack smith is giving close scrutiny to trump s clown car team of lawyers. plus america post dobbs. north carolina s 12 week abortion ban take effect as republicans in ohio make it much harder to protect abortion rights even though a majority of the ohioans support those protections. and we begin on the eve of the fourth of july. during a time in america where a lot of people are seeing their freedoms being taken away. and that is in large part due to the supreme court of the united states. mainly the court s six conservative judges whose decisions last week peeling
6-3, the new numbers reshaping american life. the lead starts right now. 40 million americans will not get the student loan forgiveness president biden promised them after the supreme court rejects his plan. and the president says it is unforgivable. then a key ruling on lgbtq rights and freedom of speech involving a wedding website designer and the state of colorado. what it means for anti-discrimination laws across the country. plus as millions of americans plan to take to the roads and skies this holiday weekend, a look at what cities are experiencing turmoil after days of delays. and welcome to the lead. i m abby philip in for jake tapper. today we begin with our law and justice lead. at moment now president joe biden will address the nation after the supreme court today issued two major rulings. one that blocks president biden s student loan forgiveness program rejecting a program that would have delivered debt relief to millions of americans. and the other ruling th