Good evening. I'm Amman Navas. Jeff Bennett is away on the news hour tonight.

The Supreme Court takes up the case of whether former President Trump can be kept off the 2024 ballot.

A longtime leader of the National Rifle Association steps down, raising questions about the organization's future influence on

gun laws in America. And marking three years since the January 6th

insurrection, President Biden warns in a campaign speech that rising political

violence poses a grave threat to the nation's democracy.

Today we're here to answer the most important questions. Is democracy still America's

sacred cause? Welcome to the News Hour. There's a major development tonight in a case that could upend the

2024 presidential election the US Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether

Donald Trump can be barred from the ballot. The former president's eligibility has

been challenged in dozens of states. While many of those have been dismissed,

Maine and Colorado have disqualified him under the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment.

The justices will hear arguments in the Colorado case next month.

For more on what this means for the former president, for the courts, and for voters.

I'm joined now by former federal prosecutor, Sarah, Chrisoff.

Sarah, walk us through what you expect to see now.

The Supreme Court has decided to take up this case.

The Colorado State Supreme Court was

decided narrowly on a four to three margin. Did you expect the court to take up

the appeal and what's the question that they're seeking to answer? Yeah, I'm not surprised if the court is going to address this case.

It is, and they're going to do it quickly, right?

They move quickly here, they're going to expect briefing and arguments quickly, because this is just a matter of

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