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And the legal filing says, it does not bar them from running for office. and it does not bar them from being elected to office. it just bars them from holding office. what you do you make of that distinction? >> well, its word salad. its nonsense. its a misreading of section three of the 14th amendment. without a doubt. you mentioned earlier, when you are talking to professor tribe that the supreme court ought to be, i dont know, doing its homework or something. so why not? lets give them some h...

Main policy that the first staff for questions about whether someone is eligible to appear on the ballot go to the secretary of state. in another filing tonight, trumps lawyers insist that she was, quote, a biased decision-maker, who should have recused herself, had no legal authority, made multiple errors of law and acted in arbitrary and capricious manner. her decision is based on section three at the 14th amendment at the constitution. now, this particular piece of the constitution and who sh...

Votes from arizona, pennsylvania and georgia. did anybody in his or her right mind think that donald trump would say, no, no, i am kidding. the way you do this under the taught them, and under the constitution is that you count all the electoral college votes. yeah, i was kidding about all that stuff. of course, not he would have taken the office, he would have proceeded to impose martial law, as michael flynn had been urging him to do. and we would be living under completely different form of g...

Secretary of state in maine or to state court, have the authority to make these determinations under their state law of who is qualified or not? those are questions of the u. s. supreme court is going to have to decide. >> and john, do you believe the former presidents argument that the main secretary of state doesnt have that legal authority? >> its, its not clear at all, and she does not have that authority. in fact under the main law, its clear she does, as the professor pointed out. and trum...

Insurrectionist and they can give the guidelines as to who decides. is it a secretary of state, is it the state supreme court. is it a federal court or is it congress and thats an open question that is being teed up for the supreme court. i want to be clear, john and you as a student of government know this as well as everybody else, this is why you have the supreme court. this is literally why the framers crafted a body of individuals to decide these thorny questions of constitutional law and t...

Any way with the united states a constitution. not the 14th amendment or any other provisions, even under main law.t this absolutely must be overturned. >> lauramike: well, first of all my might, we know the left -- iu will be overturned, i think tha, relying on a court is kind of frisky. but the idea that the left will hold up the constitution and that like thomas jefferson running in to save the countryhc when the six oh third days of the week the constitution is written by a bunch of out ofey...

To have donald trump disqualified versus defeated at the polls? >> i mean, its an irrelevant question, legally speaking. at this point, we should be focused on who is qualified to run, and who is not qualified to run. section three at the 14th amendment is not some kind of admiration will,-centric, provision in the constitution. i count more than a half dozen different provisions of the constitution that specifically target insurrectionary activities. so, take article one, section a clause 15, w...

A ruling removing Trump from the ballot is likely to open a Pandora’s box in this election and beyond.

Avenues to victory here. the challengers have to win all of these on their motions. >> thats a good point. how strong are the arguments that hes making? >> well, my personal view is he did engage in insurrection, so i dont think thats very strong. its one sentence in the brief. i think the procedural arguments is where this will be resolved. when we see the higher courts, including the u.s. supreme court take this up, they are going to answer these questions, which, by the way, we dont know. thi...

Fresh conspiracies about his legal troubles online. all of this with the iowa caucus is now less than two weeks away. well welcome to 2024. were going to speak with one of his challenges shortly, former -- u.s. attorney chris christie joins us here. but first, the main case, cnns paula reid starts us off. >> so what more do we know about the former presidents appeal? >> tonight, they are attacking the secretary of state of maine, shana bellis. she is a delicate, but the process in maine is that ...