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Election. Some state Election Officials have objected to trump collation of the constitutions 14th Amendment, which bars any person who engaged in a rebellion or insurrection from Holding Public office. Lets bring in cnn chief anchor and chief Political Correspondent dana bash and cnn senior legal analyst, elie honig. Guys, as were waiting to see what the Supreme Court decides here, lets do a little bit of a pregame because we dont want to presuppose what the Supreme Court is going to do but elie all weekend long were anticipating this could happen before the colorado primary as part of Super Tu ....
The Supreme Court today making it a reality and making history settling an issue thats been unclear since reconstruction. All nine justices deciding that neither colorado nor any other state can bar him under the 14th amendment, Section Three insurrection language quoting from the opinion, quote, we can clued that states may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office, but states have no power under the constitution to enforce Section Three with respect to federal offices, especially the presidency. The opinion was per curiam, meaning not attributed to any specific justice however, in a concurrence that you might say reads more like a dissent justices sonia sotomayor, elena kagan, and Ketanji Brown jackson take issue with the rulings broadness, which t ....
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 StateSupreme Court cited Section Three of the 14th Am ....
Decision does and what it does not do. And were talking about just hours before voters in key states go to the polls. Thats exactly right here. This is the biggest electionrelated decision from the court in nearly a quarter century. And it comes just hours before Super Tuesday. And here a Unanimous Court ruling that the state of colorado cannot remove former President Trump from the ballot under Section Three of the 14th Amendment, the socalled insurrectionist ban. The court writing quote, because the constitution makes Congress Rather than the states, responsible for enforcing Section Three against f ....