Hey everyone it is four o'clock here in Washington DC I'm Elisa Menendez in for

Nicole Wallace the nine justices on the United States Supreme Court they receive up to 8,000 requests to hear a case every year.

Out of those thousands of requests, they usually hear oral arguments in about 80 of those cases,

touching on practically every aspect of American life big or small.

And at this very moment they are waiting to hear if they will pick up one of those big cases,

kind of case that winds up in the history books, because the outcome here

could determine who is on the ballot for millions of voters as they head to the polls

this year. We are, of course, talking about a challenge to Donald Trump's spot on the ballot based on the 14th Amendment,

which bars insurrectionists from running for office.

As we reported on this program yesterday, the ex-president has now asked the Supreme Court to keep him on the ballot

appealing a ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court that found that Trump was

ineligible because of his role on January 6th. Colorado Republican Party has also asked the court to take the case,

so have the voters who filed the challenge in the first place.

What everyone agrees on is that the Supreme Court has to take action.

The Washington Post reports that attorneys for the Colorado voters

who challenge Trump's spot on the ballot

wrote that, quote, if this court does not step in now,

it risks millions of voters casting ballots for

Trump and states where he appears on the ballot only to find out later that he is

disqualified. Clarity that only this court can provide is needed and needed soon.

And as Colorado Secretary of State, Jenna Griswold points out,

the deadline to certify the primary ballot is tomorrow.

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