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text in a dramatic departure from previous amendments sought to bring justice to millions of formerly enslaved black americans and to insure that the formerly elected officials who waged war against the united states would not be allowed to serve in elected office again. that is the purpose of section 3. now, knowing all that, at issue today before the court were some key questions. one, do states have the right to enforce section 3 or can only congress do that? two, did the drafters intend to include presidents and vice presidents when they drafted this punishment? and three, is thi...

it is good to be back with you in this second hour of "chris jansing reports" on this monumental day in judicial history. at this hour, the supreme court facing a major test after historic arguments about donald trump. what we heard and why the justices may be skeptical of colorado's bid to kick him off the ballot. plus, it's the decades old case haunting the high court today. how the ghost of bush v. gore looming as the justices weigh trump's eligibility for a second term. and she's the 91-year-old republican who grabbed her constitution after the january 6th attack. what to kno...

. today marks an historic day at the supreme court. you're looking at some of the footage and some of the protesters there this morning. if trump's conduct for alleged engagement in insurrection bars him from the ballot as colorado has decided, that was the question before the court. the justices at times considered implications. home in a physical sense how the high court operates. the justices referred to that attack at times but careful to avoid pre-judging the other prosecutions from that day. they focused on this question if a state can respond to that attack by deeming a poli...

and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. so, special counsel jack smith has ten business days left if he wants to beat fulton county district attorney fani willis to an indictment. we have talked a little bit about that. dea willis has indicated that at some point between july 31st and august 15th she may bring charges against donald trump for his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in georgia. and mr. smith, whose federal indictment could over lap significantly with da willis's state indictment, well he likely wants his federal case to go first. at least...

also, tonight, president biden calls israel's military response to hamas over the top, as prime minister netanyahu signals a ground invasion of rafah could be imminent. plus, the right wing supreme court has been a big supporter of states' rights in cases involving reproductive rights and control over women's bodies but not so much when it came time to decide whether states can kick a proven insurrectionist with the last name trump off the ballot. but we begin tonight with special counsel robert third's report about president biden's mishandling of classified documents. having had a ...