Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin predicted Friday that the Supreme Court will reverse former President Trump’s blockage of Colorado Republican primary voting.
“I generally don’t like to predict the outcome of Supreme Court cases based on oral arguments,” Toobin said. Speaking on “CNN This Morning” In a clip highlighted by Mediaite. “I’m going to take an exception and say this was a complete victory for the Trump campaign for the time being.”
Toobin’s comments came as the court showed apparent reluctance during Thursday’s oral arguments to block Trump from appearing on the ballot.
Some of the nation’s highest court justices sounded sympathetic to the former president’s argument that states do not have the power to disqualify federal candidates. Some of them questioned whether the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause applied to the presidency.
“What is a state doing, deciding who other citizens can vote for president?” Justice Elena Kagan asked.
Chief Justice John Roberts also noted that if the court disqualifies President Trump, other states could move to remove Democratic candidates from the ballot, which he called a “dreadful outcome.” Mentioned.
“I have rarely seen a contested case where political breakdown was not reflected in oral arguments,” Toobin said. “It was almost unanimous.”
CNN analyst Van Jones said Thursday that the court’s reluctance to block Trump from voting represents a “foregone conclusion” and is likely “very frustrating for a lot of people,” the network said. mentioned in.
“The Supreme Court is very powerful, very powerful when it takes away rights from women, very powerful when it takes away diversity programs from college students,” Jones said. “The right to vote, taken away from Americans, is very powerful. But now it’s time to disenfranchise those who disenfranchise, and they’re just looking for a way out.”
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