In a recent discussion on “CNN This Morning,” CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin expressed his belief that the Supreme Court would deliver a resounding victory and overturn the ban on former President Donald Trump’s candidacy. The panel analyzed the case, which revolves around whether states have the authority to prohibit Trump from running for office due to his alleged involvement in the January 6 insurrection, which is seen as a violation of the 14th Amendment.
During the oral arguments held on Thursday, the Supreme Court did not appear to favor those advocating for Trump’s ban. Toobin highlighted the disastrous nature of the opposition’s arguments during the proceedings.
CNN host Phil Mattingly asked: “Our great panel, having solved Poland’s history. Is back with us now. Jeff, I want to start with you. There seemed to be a fairly unanimous opinion outside of the court that the arguments did not go well for Colorado did go well for Trump. Do you believe that’s the case, and if so, why?”
“100% I agree with the case. In fact, I have rarely seen a contested case where the political breakdown did not was not reflected in the oral argument. This was close to unanimous. Justice Sotomayor I a little harder to read, but the other eight. Every argument that was put out in favor of the disqualifying the the Trump candidacy, you know, went nowhere,” Toobin began.
“You know, was he was was he covered by section three of the, of the 14th amendment? Did Colorado have the right to do this? Is the process that they followed correct? All of those arguments seem to go in the direction of letting Trump stay on the ballot. I, from painful experience. I don’t usually like to predict the outcome of Supreme Court cases based on oral argument. I’m going to make an exception and say this was a slam dunk victory in the offing for the Trump campaign!” he added.
Trump issued a response on Thursday regarding the positive development from the U.S. Supreme Court.
In a significant legal case, the Supreme Court deliberated on whether Trump should be allowed to appear on the ballot for the upcoming November election. The justices expressed doubt over Colorado’s decision to disqualify the former president and posed challenging questions to the state’s lawyer.
Previously, Colorado’s highest court had determined that Trump was ineligible to be on the ballot due to his alleged involvement in the insurrection at the US Capitol. Trump appealed this decision, and on Thursday, the justices seemed inclined to support the 45th president.
Addressing the press outside Mar-a-Lago, Trump described the Supreme Court hearing as “a highly commendable process” and expressed his hope for the preservation of democracy.
“So I just say that in watching the Supreme Court today, I thought it was very — it’s a very beautiful process. I hope that democracy of this country will continue, because right now we have a very, very tough situation with all of the radical left ideas, with the weaponization of politics. They weaponized it like it’s never been weaponized before. It’s totally illegal, but they do it anyway,” Trump said.
“And it has to stop. Every one of the court cases and I’m involved, every single one, civil, whether it’s the attorney generals or the district attorneys. You look at Fani in Georgia. They had many meetings with the White House and with the DoJ. They went there, eight hour meetings. It was all staged. It was a phony hoax. And now you’re looking at it and it is a phony hoax. And hopefully that case will be dismissed in short order. It’s a — it’s a disgrace to this country, But they work together with the Justice Department and the White House and not supposed to do that,” Trump added.
“Every one of these cases you see comes out of the White House, it comes out of Biden, it’s election interference, and it’s really very sad. I thought the presentation today was a very good one. I think it was well received — I hope it was well received. You have millions of people that are out there wanting to vote, and they happen to want to vote for me or the Republican Party, or whatever you want to — however you want to phrase it,” Trump continued.
