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Former federal judge Michael Luttig argued Saturday that former President Trump’s violation of the 14th Amendment “couldn’t be any clearer.” “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,” Luttig told MSNBC’s Ali Velshi on Saturday, the…

Your glasses on for this, because im gonna show you some photographs, but theyre going to be so small that youre going to want to look at them. a new lawsuit in pennsylvania is a need to ban the republican congressman scott perry from appearing on the states primary ballot, using the same insurrection clause of the 14th amendment, thats been used against the former president, donald trump. the seven-page lawsuit asks the pennsylvania court to declare that perry is ineligible to run for office, b...

One in maine. do you have any thoughts on how you expect that to play out? >> you know, its interesting, the politics of it make it feel like its a steep hill to climb, but i tell you what, our lawyers feel like the law is so black and white, the constitution is so clear, the 14th amendment states, if you had taken an oath of office, and you violate that oath of office by committing insurrection against the country, you cannot run for office again. its a simple as the. obviously, january 63 year...

That is one thing, right? thats rhetorical. theres also the fact that his rhetoric is then backed up by republicans who actually do have some power, right? current, sitting republican lawmakers. missouri secretary of state threatening to remove president biden from the ballot there, as retaliation for the 14th amendment decisions against trump. any way that actually holds up in court? >> not in court. in the court of public opinion, he can get away with that. not only is it not a crime to lie to...

Look at the history9 and the text of the 14th amendment section three, which is the legal hook the democrats want to use in places like maine and colorado to keep donald trump off the ballot, its really not a good argument. and i think the supreme court probably in a 9-0 decision is going to rule that, indeed, if you dont want donald trump to be the next republican nominee or you dont want him to be the next president, then dont vote for him. but dont turn to the counts or to secretaries of stat...

As the calendar turns to 2024, the presidential election is set to take the spotlight in Sunday news shows. The first vote of the 2024 cycle, the Iowa caucus, is just over a week away. There, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), who will be on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday, hopes to upset former President…

What do we have? from x, let the people decide if trump should be president. i dislike him, but i dislike bidens policies more. partisan state hacks should not remove candidates from the ballot. i come to the same conclusion, but not through the same logic. thats not the way that i would phrase it. im in the same category as professor lessig. hence, todays poll question at smerconish.com. i dont think the way for those who want the to defeat trump is to defeat him through the secretary of state ...

On the ballot in colorado, oral arguments are set to begin in record speed, by the way, at least when it comes to the supreme court, just about 30 days from now on february 8th. i wanna bring in a former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst, joyce vance to talk more about that. you actually just wrote a piece about how it uncovered upon the court to take record speed when it came to a lot of these decisions because of what they were affecting. because of how important ese decisions were to the ...

Supreme court. the nine justices will decide whether the former president can be disqualified from running for office again due to his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. this decision has the potential to significantly impact the upcoming presidential election, and the justices acknowledge the urgency to reach a decision soon. cnns paula reed reports. >> reporter: this is the biggest election-related case that the court will hear since bush v gore. they have granted this petition from forme...

According to the constitution. he hasnt been convicted of insurrectionist activities. i think that trump is going to prevail on this. griff: its interesting theyre looking at, im not a lawyer, you are. section three of the 14th amendment no one can hold office who engaged in insurrection. and something that form president trump has not been charged with, and colorado is first, but there are more than 30 separate pieces of the section three litigation, if you will. do you anticipate that whatever...