Conservative Legal Icon, Ex-DOJ Official Comment On 'Masterful' Colorado Trump Ruling
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J. Michael Luttig said the Colorado Supreme Court's decision to boot Trump from the ballot will "stand the test of time." Neil Katyal said Trump had had his shot.
Conservative retired former federal judge J. Michael Luttig and former Obama-era acting Solicitor General Neil Katyal on Tuesday, in separate interviews on MSNBC, explained why they think Donald Trump’s likely appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court against his removal from the presidential primary ballot in Colorado will fail.
The bombshell decision by the Colorado Supreme Court is “a masterful judicial opinion of constitutional law” and “will stand the test of the time,” Luttig told Stephanie Ruhle.
The Supreme Court “will affirm this decision” because it’s not a political decision, predicted Luttig, who in 2021 advised then-Vice President Mike Pence over refusing Trump’s bid to overturn the 2020 election result.
Katyal, in an interview with Lawrence O’Donnell, agreed the ruling should be affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Trump had every opportunity in the Colorado court to present his side of the case,” he said. “He presented it. He lost. And so at this point he’s had, I think, his shot.”
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