14th amendment to the constitution adopted after the civil war bars people who have, first, taken an oath to support the constitution, and then engaged in an insurrection. lots of people think the case against donald trump is airtight, that he did both of those things. right. but there are a lot of sub issues and threshold issues that may be attractive to the court if it takes the case. it hasn t taken the case yet, but the colorado republican party has already asked the court to take the case and act really fast, before the super tuesday primary. it is quite likely the court engages. joyce, i want to ask in a second about how quickly the supreme court needs to take this up, how quickly it will, but let s talk about its job in the case. is it not the job of the supreme court to interpret the constitution without concern for the political backlash or the questions that might arise for the country, which are all
the just department has to show they re following the same procedures in both cases. i was struck by recent comments just a short time ago from kevin mccarthy, when asked specifically about george santos, he said he would not be on key committees, but as a number of our smart colleagues have pointed out, you do not having to be on a key committee, but a committee. that s true. they are not sitting on a non-key committee. george santos is not going to be a big, big problem for the republicans. clearly they re going to push him in the corner. how isolated that corner s. i guess, remains to be seen. he s already given them the main vote they needed, to elevate mccarthy to the speakership. but, molly, isn t the question whether he should be
blitzer. yeah, i m very sorry about what happened yesterday. it was what i thought something had to be done on the fiscal cliff before the election. apparently nothing has to be done until the first of the year. so i think he should just stick with his position. president clinton claims he didn t know it expires after the electi election. rick santorum is resurfacing. the former pennsylvania senator will lay out his plans for the future today. sources say he wants his voice heard as leader of the conservative wing of the gop. he s expected to announce he s ez forming a political committee to give him that vehicle. new developments in the etan patz murder investigation. look at this photo obtained exclusively by cnn. it shows pedro hernandez, the suspect in the 1978 death of the 6-year-old little new york boy, in a suit and tie wearing glasses. investigators have removed a computer hard drive, two satchels and other items from his new jersey home. hernandez who has con
charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest. take a look at this. near los angeles, one shopper actually pepper sprayed the people in line ahead of her at a walmart to get the year s hot video game console and it worked. sandra endohas developments. what more have you learned about the attack? it s almost impossible to believe that this actually happens during the holiday shopping season, but yet here we go again. reporter: yeah, absolutely, jim. that video is so amazing, and incredible to see the crowd as they go after these discounted items in walmart. and police say they are looking for a woman in her 30s who pepper sprayed the crowd as that deal went on sale. a large number of people were surrounding the area where xboxs were diswouldncounted and ten p were treated at scene last night. one person affected by the pepper spray and recorded the frenzy on tape. tell me about this woman. did you see her before? line waiting for this deal to open up