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OA852: Trump Asks SCOTUS To Put Him Back on the Colorado Ballot Despite 14th Amendment

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🗓️ 5 January 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Liz and Andrew break down an entirely new argument being advanced by Trump's allies to get him back on the Colorado ballot. Will it work? Listen and find out!

Then, the duo break down the latest barrage of nonsense filings in DC.

Notes

Colorado state court ruling

https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/02nd_Judicial_District/Denver_District_Court/11_17_2023%20Final%20Order.pdf

Colorado Supreme Court ruling
https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/Supreme_Court/Opinions/2023/23SA300.pdf

Lawfare Tracker on Trump DQ
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/current-projects/the-trump-trials/section-3-litigation-tracker

OA 836
https://openargs.com/oa836-yes-a-court-found-that-trump-incited-an-insurrection-now-what-feat-seth-barrett-tillman/

OA 848
https://openargs.com/oa848-trump-is-off-the-ballot-in-colorado/

Socialist Workers Party of Ill. v. Ogilvie, 357 F. Supp. 109, 113 (N.D. Ill. 1972)

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=13881601664092355452

Voting and Vice, 2012 Yale Law Review (Re and Re)

https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5515&context=ylj

Trump report on stolen election

https://cdn.nucleusfiles.com/e0/e04e630c-63ff-4bdb-9652-e0be3598b5d4/summary20of20election20fraud20in20the20swing20states.pdf

Trump lawyers’ doozy of a filing on voter fraud - Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/03/trump-lawyers-doozy-filing-voter-fraud/

Rolling Stone on Trump turning trial into a MAGA freak show

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-plot-to-turn-jan-6-trial-into-maga-freak-show-1234938951/

Trump motion for order to show cause DC

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.192.0.pdf

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0:00.0

So would you say you got a better shot of them going in and not so much coming out?

0:08.0

You could say that?

0:10.0

I did say that. Would you say that?

0:19.0

Chester and I paid for his lawyer's condo in Aspen and my lawyer's condo in Maui. They're very happy. They're going to trade once a year.

0:22.0

I would love to sue them.

0:24.0

Only it would mean hiring another lawyer.

0:27.0

Meanwhile, at the Hall of Justice, the Superbrands.

0:33.3

Welcome to opening arguments, the podcast that breaks down the law behind all the news stories you

0:38.8

care about.

0:40.3

This podcast is sponsored by the law offices of P Andrew Torres, LLC for entertainment purposes is not intended as legal advice and does not form an attorney client relationship.

0:52.0

Don't take legal advice from a podcast.

0:57.0

Hey guys, I'm Liz Die with me as Andrew Torres and this is opening arguments

1:01.8

episode 852.

1:03.4

Hey Liz how you doing?

1:05.0

I'm all right how are you?

1:06.7

I am all right we are back in Trump territory today. I know. I'm always like we cannot do an all Trump show we cannot do an all Trump show and then we're like

1:19.1

shit this Colorado appeal I'm trying man I'm trying we will definitely not do the one on

1:25.2

Sunday. Yes and I do something crazy but no we're not doing all Trump show

1:30.7

Sunday the end. All right. Your lips, God's ears, you are

1:35.9

correct our first story. Look, we absolutely have to cover the fact that Donald

1:40.0

Trump has appealed the Colorado Supreme Court's determination that he is ineligible to appear

1:44.7

on that state's presidential ballot in 2024.

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