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The Michael Berry Show

Law Professor Josh Blackman Says That The Fourteenth Amendment May Not Apply To Trump

The Michael Berry Show

KTRH

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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0:00.0

The Michael Berry Show.

0:03.6

We begin the show with a most pressing issue and that is the United States Supreme Court.

0:10.6

Will Donald Trump be on the ballot? I argue, yes. What cases will be heard and

0:18.4

how will that affect us? You know, people often tell me that the Supreme Court has taken on too much

0:26.3

authority. The Supreme Court has become too important. The Supreme Court, this and

0:31.4

the Supreme Court that this and the Supreme Court that, you do understand that we have

0:37.0

three branches of government.

0:39.3

We have a Congress made up of a lower house, House of Representatives, and an upper house, upper chamber, which is the Senate,

0:46.4

that's one branch.

0:47.4

And then we have the executive branch, which is the president.

0:50.2

You want to talk about the branch that's taken on too much authority?

0:52.8

That is the imperial presidency.

0:55.0

And then we have this third branch, which is the stopgap.

0:59.3

It's the fire alarm.

1:00.5

It's the break. It's the thing that keeps it from going off the rails. That's the Supreme Court. Yeah, that is important. It should be important. Absolutely. Our guest is our Supreme Court expert professor Josh

1:15.8

Blackman of the South Texas College of Law. Professor, let me start with a

1:19.9

question that I have answered for myself, but I'd be interested to hear your

1:24.8

perspectives with regard to attempts to keep President Trump off the ballot.

1:30.4

You've got the main Secretary of State, you have Colorado that had their little, how

1:36.7

would you assess the likelihood and kind of get into those if you would?

1:41.7

Sure. I think it's extremely unlikely that the Supreme Court votes to kick Trump off the ballot.

1:48.0

And just so your listeners know, I filed a brief with the Supreme Court yesterday arguing that Trump should stand the ballot.

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