We start tonight with the news out of Colorado.

The state Supreme Court has ruled

that former President Donald Trump should

be removed from the 2024 Republican primary ballot.

Since January 6, there has been plenty of discussion in legal circles and even some excitement

about Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which bans insurrectionists and people who have aided insurrectionists from holding

office. And there has been a whole lot of interest in whether this section of

the amendment might bar Donald Trump from running for office because of his role. of the the Trump have been dismissed in four states. They are pending appeal in two

states and they are pending being heard for the first time in 13 states. And just until two hours ago it looked like Colorado would go in a similar

direction to what we have seen in these other states so far. Last month in

Colorado the issue got a week-long public hearing in district court

and you may not have been paying attention but there were high-profile witnesses

like Congressman Ken Buck and Trump-aid Cash Patel who spoke in Trump's

and Trump's defense.

And there are witnesses for the plaintiffs like DC police officer

Daniel Hodges, who was crushed in a door frame

by rioters on January 6th and Democratic Congressman Eric Swallwell.

Ultimately the district court judge in Colorado ruled that Trump had engaged in insurrection but that the 14th Amendment's

disqualification clause in section 3 did not apply to the American presidency

that the president was not an officer of the United States as Section 3

stipulates he or she must be. And again, until just two hours ago, that is

where this case stood.

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