Disqualify Trump?
Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture
The Heritage Foundation
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🗓️ 12 January 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to SCOTUS 101 after the Court's winter break. The Court has granted several new cases, including Donald Trump's appeal from a ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court disqualifying him from the presidential election under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. After your hosts discuss the new cases and this week's oral arguments, GianCarlo interviews Professor Josh Blackman about the complicated issues surrounding Section 3. Last up, Zack grills GianCarlo with some very clever trivia about other times presidents have appeared before the Court.
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| 0:00.0 | Mr. Chief Justice, may it please the court. |
| 0:05.6 | I'm John Carlo Conoparo. |
| 0:07.4 | I'm Zach Smith. |
| 0:08.6 | And welcome to SCOTUS 101, where we break down what's happening at the Supreme Court, what the justices are up to, and other things related to our favorite branch of government. |
| 0:20.9 | Happy New Year and welcome back to SCOTUS 101. |
| 0:24.6 | Welcome back indeed. |
| 0:26.1 | The court is back here in cases again and it's agreed to hear many new cases since our last |
| 0:30.6 | episode, so we'll cover just a few of those here today. |
| 0:34.1 | How does that sound, G.C.? |
| 0:35.4 | Perfect. |
| 0:36.2 | You want to start us off? |
| 0:37.4 | Yeah, let's start with the first one that's probably on the top of a lot of people's minds. |
| 0:41.7 | The court agreed to hear the case involving Colorado's removal of Donald Trump from the |
| 0:45.6 | primary ballot in that state, the cases named Trump v. Anderson. |
| 0:50.2 | The sole question the court is being asked to decide is whether the Colorado Supreme Court |
| 0:55.0 | erred in ordering Trump excluded from the 2024 presidential primary ballot in that state. |
| 1:01.7 | The case is being fast-tracked and oral argument is currently set for February 8th. |
| 1:06.8 | Now, the court also was involved briefly in another case involving Donald Trump. |
| 1:12.5 | As folks may recall, the court declined to issue certuary before judgment, as special counsel |
| 1:17.8 | Jack Smith had requested in United States v. Trump. |
| 1:21.6 | The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals did hear oral arguments in that case earlier this week. |
| 1:26.9 | The judges are being asked to decide |
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