Former President Trump's lawyer Alina Haba said Wednesday that U.S. Supreme Court justices “avoid being pro-Trump” regarding recent decisions in Colorado and Maine that expelled former President Trump from the states. He said he was concerned that the court would rule against him. '2024 Primary Ballot.
Reacting to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman's recent comments about President Trump's concerns, Haba said in a Fox News interview, “It's a concern that he expressed to me, and he privately but has expressed it publicly to everyone. And I would say his concerns are legitimate.”
“Republicans are conservative and nervous. Unfortunately, they are pro-Trump because they feel that even if the law is on our side, we will be swayed the same way as the Democratic side.” Sometimes you avoid being, right?'' Haba told Fox News anchor Martha McCallum. “So they try so hard to appear neutral that they sometimes end up making the wrong decisions.”
Colorado and Maine ruled last month that Trump is ineligible to run for president under the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause, excluding him from their state's 2024 primaries.
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President Trump appealed the Colorado decision to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, a day after Maine Secretary of State Shena Bellows appealed the Maine decision to the state's superior court, but the dispute ultimately ended with the current federal There is a possibility that the case will reach the Supreme Court. Conservatives hold a 6-3 majority.
Three of the U.S. Supreme Court justices were appointed by President Trump, a concern Haberman addressed last week.
“Generally speaking, they believe he and his advisers will be successful on the Supreme Court, but they have also expressed concern that he will be successful on the Supreme Court — he is a Supreme Court justice. He appointed three of them and ruled for the conservatives.''A supermajority–not that they seem to be trying to rule in your favor, but against you. I'm concerned about that,” Haberman said during an appearance on CNN last week.
Haba said Wednesday that he is encouraging judges to “seriously consider the laws of the Constitution.”
“It's a very clean cut,” she said. “There's no politics to be involved in this. It's simply American, and even if judges read the law the way I do, the way most Americans and lawyers read it. [Alan Dershowitz] — Who is known as a liberal? — It's a simple decision, and it shouldn't matter whether you're a Republican or a Democrat. ”
Haba was apparently referring to attorney Alan Dershowitz's comments on the Colorado and Maine decisions. Last month, Dershowitz called Colorado's decision “an attempt to completely manipulate an amendment that was not intended to disqualify people from future elections.” Forbes reported.
Many legal experts have different predictions about what the country's highest court might rule if it decides to hear the case. Former Attorney General Bill Barr called Colorado's lawsuit “legally wrong and untenable,” and former federal judge Michael Luttig said the Centennial State ruling was not “anti-democratic.” Rather, he said that the conduct that led to his disqualification was anti-democratic.
Former White House Counsel Ty Cobb said last month that if Trump appeals the Colorado Supreme Court's decision, the U.S. Supreme Court could rule “9-0” in his favor. He predicted last month that he believed “the law is clear.”
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