The art of the appeal, Donald Trump has formerly taken his fight to remain on Colorado's ballot to the Supreme Court.

What his lawyers are arguing and why the former president is now concerned about how the justices may rule.

Plus, we'll dig into House Speaker Mike Johnson and the 60 other Republicans and their visit to the southern border, their new ultimatum, and what they're prepared to do with the government if Democrats don't agree to their demands.

And also ahead, we'll show you the confrontation between Governor Ron DeSantis and one of his own supporters who accuses

the presidential candidate of going soft on Trump.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Thursday, January 4th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire.

Thanks for starting your day with us.

We begin with this news.

Former President Donald Trump's legal team has officially petitioned the Supreme Court,

asking it to overturn the Colorado ruling that found him ineligible to run for president.

Last month, Colorado became the first state to rule that Trump engaged in an insurrection on January 6th

and therefore is barred from the state primary ballot by the 14th Amendment.

The Colorado Republican Party has already appealed the decision. Because of a stay on the ruling, Trump's name will

appeal on the ballot until the U.S. Supreme Court takes action. Trump's lawyers argue the 14th

Amendment statute does not apply to the presidency and slammed the ruling that, quote, if allowed to stand, will mark the first time in the history of the United States that the judiciary has prevented voters from casting ballots for the leading major party presidential candidate.

In a separate statement, the Trump campaign was even more forceful in its denouncement

of the ruling, writing this, Democrats are obsessively violating the American voter's

constitutional right to vote for the candidate of their choice.

This is un-American, unconstitutional, an active election interference,

which cannot stand. The Supreme Court has still not announced whether it will accept the case

or not. Now, former President Trump presents confidence in public that he will prevail

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