Greetings everyone. It's 4 o'clock in the east. I'm Simone Sanders

Townsend in for Nicole Wallace. As we come on the air, the plot thickens in a case that seems all but destined

to land before the Supreme Court.

The open question of whether the 14th Amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from being on

the ballot, specifically being on the Republican

primary ballot in the state of Colorado and how this question is decided could

have ripple effects that go well beyond just the Republican state primary and well beyond Colorado.

As viewers of this show know that bomb show ruling by the Colorado State Supreme Court

found that quote that President Trump engaged in insurrection

through his personal actions on January 6th,

and therefore is, quote, disqualified

from holding the Office of President

under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

Importantly embedded in that ruling

was this little ticking countdown clock,

giving any party, not just Donald Trump,

until January 4th to appeal to the Supreme Court and saying if anyone

asked the Supreme Court to review this case then Donald Trump's name stays on the

ballot until the Supreme Court weighs in.

Well, no surprise, the disgrace twice impeached

four times indicted ex-president,

made a lot of noise after this ruling came out,

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