Supreme Court unanimously keeps Trump on Colorado ballot

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 5 March 2024

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All nine Supreme Court justices agree that Colorado cannot kick Trump off its 2024 ballots regardless of what he did on January 6th. There is a sharp divide in the court over important details despite this unanimous ruling. Plus, we'll get reaction from Trump's top Republican challenger, Nikki Haley, and from a conservative judge who thought the U.S. Supreme Court should disqualify Trump. Also, CNN is on the ground in yet another war torn country, this time its Haiti. We’re there to see up close how the explosion of gangs and crime have taken over. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Big win for Trump just in time for Super Tuesday. The lead starts right now.
0:07.0	All nine Supreme Court justices agree Colorado cannot just kick Trump off its 2024 ballots regardless of what he did on January 6.
0:18.4	Coming up, the sharp divide we see in the court over important details despite this unanimous ruling
0:24.2	plus we'll get reaction from Trump's top Republican challenger Nicky Haley and
0:27.9	from a conservative judge who thought the US Supreme Court should
0:32.1	disqualify Trump. Also this hour, a White House welcome for a key
0:37.2	Israeli official not nicknamed Beebe. Instead the welcome is for for BB's chief political opponent.
0:43.5	Does this signal a new strategy for the United States?
0:47.9	Top Biden administration official John Kirby is here to respond.
0:50.6	And CNN on the ground in yet another war-torn country. This time it's Haiti.
0:56.2	We're there to see up close how the explosion of gangs and crime have taken over.
1:00.6	Plus, how Haiti's problems spill into the United States.
1:08.8	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper.
1:10.8	We start today with our law and justice lead and former
1:13.6	President Donald Trump celebrating today a massive victory at the US Supreme
1:18.0	Court. All nine justices unanimously agreed to reverse the decision by the Colorado Supreme Court.
1:25.7	The nine justices today allowed Trump to be on the ballot in Colorado.
1:31.3	Late last year, as you might recall, the Colorado Supreme Court removed Trump from the ballot.
1:35.2	They found that because Trump engaged in an insurrection on and around January 6th, he was banned
1:40.9	from holding federal office under the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.
1:46.3	But in addition to disagreeing with that decision today, five of the conservative justices,
1:50.8	the majority of the High Court, they went even further.
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