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President of the united states, who is not supposed to be above the law, be it a man or a woman. he is not a king. he is the president of the united states, or former president in this case, and i think that it is dangerous to even -- to consider that he would be given that kind of leeway. >> the supreme court decided late friday that it will hear the case of states kicking trump off the ballot for allegedly engaging in insurrection. there are a bunch of questions such as whether the 14th amendm...

Insurrection could be removed from office, but the president of the united states, the highest officer, is somehow excluded from that analysis just because the word president isnt used in the 14th amendment? many legal scholars look at what does the text of the constitution state. it says officer. if anyone was to ask in a plane, everyday conversation, do you think the president is an officer of the united states, i think everyone would readily say yes. but, of course, this decision hasnt been r...

Ballot removal. >> professor, thank you for being here. you think trumps election would be catastrophic, but so too would be his removal from the ballot. >> because the constitution does not give a state judge or a state court the power to remove a federal officer absent some federal legislation that congress enacted to describe how that is done. and that conclusion is pretty clear and this case should be immediately reversed so we get on to the political question of whether this man ought to be...

Are prohibited by the constitution. the crux of the debate, i want to ask you about, is two parts. one is do you think that donald trump has sufficiently been litigated, that he was involved in an insurrection? and number two, do you believe this was ultimately a political decision, or a legal decision? >> my decision is a legal decision under the constitution. that i swore to uphold. and i think that is really important. and you know, in my decision, its 34 pages, people can read on the secreta...

2016 is not the only election that matters.

Impeachable assault on the supreme -- the supreme branch of government which is the legislative branch. i think what he did was a hate crime against the constitution. whether it meets the threshold of insurrection, i honestly dont know. >> it becomes important when you are talking about the 14th amendment. >> it does become poimportant talking about the 14th. i suspect the court will be 9-0 against the 14th amendment issue and 9-0 whether he has immunity. >> trumps defenders say he wasnt incitin...

Confederacy, an insurrection -- you know, uprising against the government. so you dont actually have to have a criminal ruling according to the interpretation of this. you just have to meet the qualifications of how they define insurrection, and there are good arguments on both side. >> and the precedent being overturned here comes from 1867 from chief justice salmon chase who is saying, look, this is unworkable. you need to actually have some legal process, congress needs to pass legislation he...

Case making that because i think publicly a lot of people have that point of view. well, it got out of control. well, he said a lot of things that got people going. now, other people then prosecuted for hate crimes, theyve been prosecuted for creating a riot and things like that. i think probably that is his best argument, is that it was bad but not that bad. i wasnt trying to overthrow the government when i think he was. i think he was trying to stop the process. but thats his best argument goi...

Indeed, i believe there are none. section three of the 14th amendment simply could not be any clearer. that the former president is disqualified from the presidency as the colorado supreme court held. >> judge luttig, as you know, we have great respect for you here on the show, and our viewers are grateful to you for your actions before january 6th and your continued articulation of what the law and the constitution says. we thank you again, sir, thank you for being with us. >> thank you, ali. >...

Hes set to be released from the hospital. >> of course, everyone wishes him a full and speedy recovery. donald trumps political future now rests with the highest court in the land. the u.s. supreme court said friday it will review colorados unprecedented decision to remove the former president from the state ballot, claiming he should be disqualified under the 14th amendments insurrection clause. its a decision that could significantly impact this years presidential election and puts the nine ...