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How do you think the justices are going to hear that argument? >> well, i think they want to avoid having to get into the facts. i mean, the colorado court did engage in fact finding, and theyre the fact finder. the appellate court shouldnt venture into that. i think for them to venture into that puts them in very deep waters with a lot of mines, frankly, because that forces them to start to evaluate his action. so, i think theyll try to avoid doing that if they can. and i think, as elie and joh...

SC reserves decision in MPs’ lifetime disqualification case

Disqualification for being president, because you choose to be in it, unlike somebody who is born abroad or happens to be just in their twenties, like my colleague, maxwell frost, who might make a great president, but is constitutionally disqualified, the same way that donald trump is. >> let me get you on one more thing, before i let you go. trumps lawyers, and even some of his supporters say section three at the 14th amendment, should not apply to him because it is not specifically say the off...

Ballot, and the qualifications of the constitution are not a menu. they are the requirements under our founding document. >> they are not a menu. important note that it is a disqualification, its not a penalty. im a canadian who has become an american citizen, so you couldnt put me on the ballot. that wouldnt mean, i dont meet the qualifications. >> i cannot. with all due respect, ali, i cannot place you on the main ballot. >> its all good. shanna bellows is the secretary of state for maine. tha...

Make. its one that congress would have to make, whether it is better to have him on the ballot or whether there is any political reason to have him on the ballot by waiving the disqualification. i think the supreme court must go with what the constitution says, and david jolly, oral that is that arguments set for they determined february 8th. we always talk abouthe legal that he is cases and this disqualified. >> political calendar david jolly, oral arguments being on a collision course. that da...

I think that they must go based on the law, the constitution, its language, its exact warning, its history and interpretation and the pass and the facts that are for them, that they must uphold the colorado decision and bar him from office, at least bar him from being on the ballot, because he cannot be qualified to hold office. and that the political ramifications, the fear that the people are talking about, that we see another january six, the fear that there will be some horrible civil war, i...

Supreme court because weve never had a president who was alleged to have done this and so the court hasnt had to deal with it. here you dont have to go back as far. you go back to the civil war because the whole issue of disqualification came up because of an amendment in the 14th amendment that said that if you engage in insurrection or rebellion and you had previously taken an oath as an officer of the united states, you cannot run. clearly aimed at jefferson davis and his cohorts. the impeach...

SC says 'original Constitution' had greater sanctity

A transgender woman said she was disqualified from running for a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives because she did not disclose her former name.

SC says 'original Constitution' had greater sanctity