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Straightforward text of section 3 of the 14th amendment and the original purposes of the 14th amendment which were to say if you disqualified yourself by engaging in insurrection or rebellion, you can never serve in office again. you can vote, you can be a free person, you can be at large. but thank you well find a free person to be president of the united states. >> pretty amazing. im sure you like me have never heard arguments like this in a courtroom. coming up, an update on severe weather ...

A federal judge in Nevada dismissed a ballot eligibility challenge against former President Trump on Tuesday, ruling the challenger does not have proper standing. Federal Judge Gloria Navarro determined that the man who brought the challenge, long-shot GOP presidential candidate John Anthony Castro, didn’t have authentic standing to bring the suit, because he filed to…

Her original ruling. she wrote, quote, i am mindful that in the secretary of state has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on section 3 of the 14th amendment. i am also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before a -- engaged in insurrection. thats the point of all of this. joining me now is maine secretary of state, shenna bellows. secretary bellows, its great to see you. thank you for taking the time. i just want to start with the news that broke ...

Not want to completely disgrace themselves. i hope it will be the same way with section three of the 14th amendment, its a case of major importance to the future of democracy in america. and the constitution is clear just like you need to be 35 in order to be president, just like you to be native born u.s. citizen and even though thats gonna disqualify a lot of other wise qualified people like -- also you need to not have engaged in treason, there are, you could not have engaged in insurrection ...

Amendment. the sixth amendment, the tenth amendment, the bill of rights are under attack by the democrats and their man biden. using the 14th amendment to try to deny donald trump access to state ballot positions. let every vote count. and of course they are lying about the basis for doing it. they are threatening to use the 14th amendment to seize the power of the purse from the house of representatives. that is a core function of the legislature. its a core part of congress. but biden thinks h...

Coming up, all asked secretary of state, shenna bellows, how the supreme courts decision to take up the 14th amendment case could impact her decision to remove trump from the ballot. later, trumps political calendar and legal calendar are about to collide in a very big way. andrew weissmann joins me in a high stakes hearing he set to attend here this week. were back after a quick break. a quick break a quick break and gentler on your skin. try downy free & gentle. lowering bad cholesterol can ...

A compulsive liar, and a danger to the public. >> such a good name, no question that speech on friday was intended to do exactly that. i also, since i have you, i want to ask you about some big news, there was a lot of big supreme court news, the big news about the 14th amendment. its understandable, in my view, im sure yours as well to be skeptical a bit of the supreme court. given a number of their rulings. they have ruled in cases related to trump, kind of against him in scenarios, excluding ...

And were gonna spend a lot of time talking about the specifics of the specifics of that case and the 14th amendment. even if the justices do leave donald trump on the ballot his position as the pro insurrection candidate isnt really in doubt, is a? i mean, take trumps appeal to the supreme court earlier this week, andrew weissmanns gonna join me later in the show and tweeted this about the filing. any normal person will leave this brief by saying, i did not engage an insurrection, but since trum...

Be a guy, i would have chosen differently. but i chose activists -- who brought a lawsuit against representative scott perry in pennsylvania on the grounds of the 14th amendment that he should be disqualified from running for federal office. i think it for looking for this at the president, -- and i think that there are quite a few of those who are within documents of having aided the insurrection. i think that will be an interesting court case to watch, to see how they apply the laws and how ma...

Rolls. are we a nation of laws? for me a constitution null republic? does the 14th amendment actually mean anything? here we are, one of those moments that really will become a defining moment in terms of what kind of nation it is. >> eddie, can i ask you really quickly, if my argument -- this is a political court where the political lies that happened but bush v. gore. im curious about your perspective. has the supreme court has ever been a non political entity? >> no. the justices, this is for...