A nine to nothing ruling. But the justices did agree. In fact that it is not up to the states to enforce an execute the 14th Amendment. You saw at Justices Alito and thomas in agreement with Justices Sotomayor and kagan on that point. Its simply he could not be as a matter of law, as a matter of constitutional interpretation, that every state gets to do what it wants, because otherwise that would leave us with a quote, patchwork of different states doing Different Things according to the decision. So its a rare 90 opinion and i think they hit the nail on the head here now we saw two concurring opinions, one by Justice Amy Coney barrett, and one by the three liberal leaning justices. They really had a big disagreement there yeah, i think the actual amount of disagreement here isnt that much when you drill down on it, its important to understand all nine justices agreed. Its not up to the states. The five justices in the main opinion said it has to be done by congress only congress can enforce this. The other four justices said, well, sure, maybe congress can do it, but theyre also maybe other federal means of enforcement. Now frankly, i dont know what they mean by that. I dont know what federal entity other than congress would be capable of enforcing this. So theres a bit of disarray the agreement about who can enforce this. Could it be Just Congress or some other unnamed entity . But at bottom, where they agree and whats really decisive here is its not up to colorado, its not up to maine. Its not up to illinois. Its not up to any individual state. So todays opinion does not directly address whether the court thinks president trumps actions on january 6 and around january 6 qualify him as an insurrectionist. Do you think the justices should have addressed that not at all. There was never any chance at all, jake, that they were going to make a finding . Yes, he did know he did not engage in insurrection. You and i have talked about that many times. Two reasons first of all, that is not what the Us Supreme Court does generally speaking, they dont make findings of fact, they dont hold trials or hearings and except in very rare circumstances, not applicable here. There was never any way they were going to make a finding on that either way, none of the nine justices makes a finding on that. And second of all, they didnt need to make that kind of finding this is a legal and constitutional and procedural decision. It would have been superfluid if they if they reach that question. So the Us Marine Corps is going to hear oral arguments next month on this president ial Immunity Claim, Whether Trump has immunity for any crimes you may have committed as president most observers seem to think trumps going to lose that case. What do you think . I agree in this instance with most observers, but i also think its important to understand what donald trump is arguing and what hes not arguing. He is arguing to an extent that he has Blanket Immunity for everything that happened while he is president. Hes going to lose that. Thats ridiculous. Hes also made this argument that well, first he has to be impeached and then convicted by the senate. And only then can he be indicted. That too, i think is ridiculous. But theres a third argument that may get some traction, which is to the extent the charges relate to conduct within the scope of the presidency, he is immune for that. That could cause the justices to give some real consideration. Ultimately, i dont think trump province fails on that, but that ones not a no brainer. The Supreme Court only took about a month to rule on this colorado case to keep trump off the ballot. Pretty expedited how do you compare that with the schedule they have for the Immunity Deal question . Well, theyve already said a longer time schedule for the briefing and argument in the Immunity Case, but its important to note to keep perspective here, the schedule that theyve set on the Immunity Case is actually quite a bit shorter than the ordinary briefing schedule. So they had expedited this a bit, certainly not nearly as much as jack smith would want them to expedite it, but i do think well see pulling from the Supreme Court sometime in june and then that leaves maybe a very narrow window potentially where this case can get tried before the 2024 election. I think its unlikely, but not quite impossible all right. Elie honig, thanks so much with me now in studio, former trump lawyer, tim parlatore. Tim, thanks for being here. Big, big picture. Whats your reaction to . The ruling by the Us Supreme Court today . Bar in colorado and any state from removing trump from the ballot under the 14th Amendment is not a big surprise. I think anybody watching the oral arguments expected that it would go that way. Not only that, it would go that way, that it would be unanimous and i think it was a good decision particularly on the issue of this is not a states issue. You have the states dont have the power to pick federal officers. So what do you make . The court choosing not to address at all Whether Trumps actions on and around january 6 qualify as engaging in an insurrection elis said a correctly, it wasnt an issue. Theres really before them and i think that they would really want to try and avoid that and keep it as narrow as possible. And obviously that was one of the issues between the different opinions is how narrow they were. But to actually come to a factual finding, i dont think its something that would have been properly for them to begin with yeah. Plus, you have different bodies that have reached different conclusions on that. You have colorado that says he wasnt an insurrectionist and then you have the senate in the Impeachment Trial where he was acquitted of that. So to try and synthesize all those decisions is well beyond what the Supreme Courts scope because on this, did you see anything in the opinions today . They give you any hint as to how the court might rule on the question of whether what trump did on and around january 6 as president , that he has immunity from as former president i thought it was interesting how the the dissenting opinions or rather the concurring opinions were saying that the majority went beyond the scope of the questions that were asked and one of the things if you look at the manner in which they granted cert for the immunity, they changed the question. They narrowed it and they changed it from what . But either side had asked for. So theyve kinda thrown out the whole impeachment judgment clause and they thrown out Blanket Immunity. And the way that they instead phrased it is something that i think they could come to a decision that says these are what the contours are and then throw it back down to say, have a Pretrial Hearing to decide which parts of this case would fall within immunity in which ones would not trumps Court Schedule is about to get only busier. His first trial in the new york hush money case, District Attorney alvin bragg is set to begin later this month. His florida classified documents case set to begin in may, though the judge said she might revisit that timeline. Trump has been able to manage his dual Legal Campaign schedule thus far. Do you think thats going to change though, is the trials consume more of his schedule . Oh, im sure it is. I mean, when youre on trial, youre in the courtroom all day, every day and, certainly in some of these courthouses, youre not allowed to bring your phone and maybe they have different rules for the former former president with the Secret Service detail. But a lot of a lot of his time is just going to be taken up and then once you get out of court at the end of the day, its exhausting. And so i do think it will impact. Do you think that trump will end up in a federal courtroom . Before the november election or do you think ultimately the federal trials, which is the classified documents case, and the january 6 case from jack smith are going to be delayed until after the election. And then obviously if he wins, hell hell dismiss them. I think the january 6 trial gets pushed out past the election and the classified documents i give it 50, interesting, if you were still representing donald trump, which of all these cases would you be most concerned about . Classified documents . Classified why . I think that that is the case. That is the most likely to survive an appeal its in the friendliest jury pool jurisdiction. There are a lot of good arguments on either side, so it is definitely a good jury question, but i think that there arent as many legal challenges that would cause it to be overturned on appeal. All right. Tim parlatore, always good to see you. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Turning to our politics lead Donald TrumpsSupreme Court victory lap is propelling him straight into tomorrows Super Tuesday contests where he is expected to win big. But even if he sweeps every state, mr. Trump will still be shy of enough delegates to officially clinch the republican nomination for president. But the. Lone ranger facing him, nikki haley, shes holding a rally tonight in texas. Hes fresh off a gop president ial primary win in washington, dc. The first woman to ever win a republican president ial primary ever. Shes gearing up for what could be her last stand against the former president s cnns Kristen Holmes, is in west palm beach, florida. Cnns kylie atwood is enforced worth, texas. Kristen donald trump has gotta be feeling pretty good about his prospects heading into Super Tuesday tomorrow yeah, jake, look, theyre feeling good on multiple fronts. One, they are very much where are the e haley has not said what shes going to do pass Super Tuesday. She pledged to stay in through south carolina, should pledge to stay in through Super Tuesday. But anything beyond that, what theyre hoping for is to see her drop out tomorrow night. Now, as you said, he is going to still be shy of those delegates, but what they are hoping for is to really try to get some momentum behind him, particularly with republicans thats who were looking for an alternative and its not just voters, but also donors. They want to get that money brought in. They also want to get that support brought in. People who are still looking at nikki haley now, there are also feeling good about these various legal issues. One, we saw what happened today. They were expecting a win in the ballot case. They believed it was one of their strongest, if not, they theyre strongest case when it came to all of his mounting legal issues, donald trump responding on truth social, saying that it was a big win for america. But the other part of this, they were looking towards was this Immunity Claim. They are still feeling very good about the decisions of the Supreme Court to take up trumps immunity argument, not just because they want this Immunity Claim to be argued out in court. Obviously, you heard elie, their most adviser theres allies dont actually think this is going to go anywhere. But the big thing about this is that it does delay the trial. And that is what theyve been trying to do since day one. And if you talk to all of Donald Trumps advisers and allies, they fundamentally believe that donald trump is not going to face any of these federal trials now, before the election in november kylie, why taxes, why is nikki haley choosing taxes for this rally on the eve of Super Tuesday well nikki haleys campaign does not think that theyre going to win texas, but what they do think is that this is a place where they could pick up some delegates. It is a big state. They point out and done well it gets are awarded by congressional district. So shes visiting two places today, houston and then here to fort worth where she thinks that she could pick up some delegates as they keep saying that this is a delegate game for them. The other thing jake is that tonight when nikki haley speaks here in fort worth, it might be the last time that we hear from more before for most of the polls close tomorrow on Super Tuesday, thats because theres no events planned for her tomorrow. Shes not planning to speak her Campaign Says thats because there are some states where polls dont close until midnight eastern time, and this is an area right here in fort worth thats crowded. Theres a lot of folks in from outofstate who are visiting. This is a very popular place in texas to come and see the cattle shows. The cattle show just went past me. I was talking to some folks who are from fort worth though. I just spoke with this man behind me who is with this cow and he was saying that he likes nikki haley. He likes her determination, but hes with the donald. Hes gonna be voting in the primary tomorrow for donald trump. All right. Kylie atwood in fort worth, texas and Kristen Holmes and florida. Thanks so much to both you oval office access. But President Biden reveals in a new sitdown interview and whether this type of coverage helps or hurts his case, that he is fit to be reelected. Thats next tomorrow, its Super Tuesday, 16 races. 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