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The Colorado Supreme Court ruled last month that the former president could not appear on the state’s Republican primary ballot because he had engaged in insurrection.

Alina Habba, one of former President Donald Trump's lawyers, says in an interview with Fox News that United States Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will "step up" for the man who appointed him to the high court.

At the center of the vortex is Donald Trump, the Palm Beach resident, ex-president and polls-leading candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination.

Colorado's highest court ruled in December that Trump was ineligible to appear on the state's ballot, citing the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause.

Colorado ruling said Trump should be removed under 14th amendment to US constitution for inciting an insurrection

The Court will hear arguments in the case on Feb. 8.

That cannot be resolved. they have to handle legislators, within those kinds of boundaries. it is at the point where they shut it down once and for all. section 3 of the 14th amendment, would not bar donald trump, or it does bar donald trump from ballots everywhere. >> what is interesting here, is timing. all the parties are very on. the challengers are all here. they need to move quickly. the supreme court can act in days if they want to. here, they are setting the oral argument. that is notabl...

What can you tell us? >> the court has been under enormous pressure to take this position. rationing whether donald trump is able to appear on the ballot, given section 3 of the 14th amendment. it bends insurrectionist from holding office. this is something that has been litigated across multiple states with differing outcomes. we saw the same course in colorado and the state of maine. they were removed from the ballot. even in colorado, there was disagreement among reports about whether this ap...

Are on the supreme court to make a critical concision -- decision that will have all of these aspects. they will be asked to weigh in on questionable immunity. looking at donald trump, in the subversion case. the supreme court is going to have an enormous role in the selection. >> the u.s. supreme court is just weighing in. they will play a role in hearings case. the colorado supreme court is declaring that donald trump, has been in their view. has he engaged in insurrection? he is going to be b...

One of the justices get their job, it is not helpful to integrity for a client, or the high court. again, on the law, most people think there is a good chance that he will win. how will they win and decide? there is likely going to be enormous pressure not to get into the question of whether he engaged in insurrection, the focus narrowly on constitutional questions about section 3 of the 14th amendment, and how it should be implemented. we are making sure that that the decision does not appear d...