President Trump has just given his two-cents on the SCOTUS ballot ban hearing that happened today.
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Trump’s appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision to kick him off their state’s primary ballot.
SCOTUS absolutely trampled the lawyer representing Colorado…
ON FIRE: Justice Clarence Thomas Gives Colorado Attorney History Lesson During SCOTUS Hearing
While President Trump himself was not present at the hearing, he chimed in on what he called a "beautiful process" at work after the arguments ended for the day.
Speaking from Mar-a-Lago, Trump said he is "leaving it up to the Supreme Court."
Watch here:
BREAKING: Trump’s reaction to SCOTUS pic.twitter.com/jsAozAHqmB
— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) February 8, 2024
CNN didn't seem to happy with Trump's response...
They cut away in the middle of airing his remarks, then started laughing...
Take a look:
CNN CUTS AWAY from Donald Trump’s response to SCOTUS and the hosts are all LAUGHING like maniacs.
These people are insufferable pic.twitter.com/X8YwU4XL6n
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 8, 2024
With many speculating this SCOTUS case will wind up 9-0 in favor of Trump, let's see how long they keep laughing...
When it is a 9-0 decision in Trump's favor they will not be laughing
— Old School Eddie (@Old_SchoolEddie) February 8, 2024
Let's see how hard they're laughing if he wins the case.
— Military Arms (@MAC_Arms) February 8, 2024
They are laughing, but they are definitely in pain 😉😂 pic.twitter.com/Dy69u6c23R
— AMUSIC (@TRUMP4USD) February 8, 2024
Trump is has said he plans to stay away from the courtroom while the SCOTUS hearing is going on to instead focus on campaigning for 2024.
Per CNN:
After turning several recent trials and court hearings into campaign stops, Donald Trump is not expected to be in the room when the highest court in the land takes up the question of his ballot eligibility, sources familiar with the planning tell CNN.
On Thursday, Trump’s lawyers will appear at the US Supreme Court for arguments over a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to throw Trump off the state’s ballot under the 14th Amendment’s ban on insurrectionists holding public office. Trump currently doesn’t plan to be there. Instead, he’ll be at Mar-a-Lago in Florida before traveling to a Nevada caucus victory party in Las Vegas.
“There is no upside to him attending these arguments,” one source close to the legal team tells CNN. “Trump understands how serious this is – the stakes could not be higher.”
Trump’s decision not to attend the historic Supreme Court arguments in the case – which would determine his ballot eligibility nationwide – is an indication of how carefully his team is handling the case before the court where Trump appointed one-third of the justices on the bench to create a conservative supermajority.
The arguments come as the Supreme Court is also expected to consider a more perilous legal question for Trump – whether he is immune from criminal prosecution for his actions following the 2020 election. Trump may feel more strongly about attending those arguments, according to another source familiar with his legal strategy.
However, it appears he doesn't need to be present to win.
The Hill reported on the Supreme Court already appearing sympathetic to Trump's case:
The Supreme Court on Thursday appeared reluctant to take the extraordinary step of disqualifying former President Trump from appearing on the ballot during a historic oral argument in which the justices grilled lawyers about whether states have the authority to ban a candidate from running for office.
The justices spent almost no time debating whether Trump engaged in insurrection through his actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, which various lawsuits contend requires Trump’s disqualification under the 14th Amendment.
Instead, the court during the two-hour argument largely delved into various threshold matters that would doom the various challenges without requiring the justices to reach that politically fraught question.
Several justices seemed sympathetic to Trump’s argument that states have no authority to disqualify candidates, while some also questioned whether the clause applies to the presidency, both findings that would preserve the former president’s eligibility nationwide.
“What’s a state doing deciding who other citizens get to vote for president,” said Justice Elena Kagan.
Chief Justice John Roberts raised concerns that, if the court disqualifies Trump, other states may move in “very quick order” to boot Democratic candidates from the ballot.
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