14th amendment
The late-night host spots some flaws in the former president’s Jan. 6 logic.
But most of the justices seemed skeptical that states have the ability to disqualify a presidential candidate on their own.
Cases against Marjorie Taylor Greene, Madison Cawthorn and others set the stage for a historic Supreme Court battle next month.
The group representing the Oregon voters said it was disappointed in the court's "decision not to decide."
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Donald Trump's bid to win back the White House is now endangered by two sentences added to the U.S. Constitution 155 years ago.
Activists point to a section of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment that prohibits a person from running for federal office if they have engaged in insurrection or rebellion.
A Colorado judge denied a motion to dismiss a case challenging Trump's eligibility to run for president because of the “insurrection” clause of the 14th Amendment.
"For once, it's not just the ramblings of a perpetually paranoid malcontent," the MSNBC host said of Trump's 14th Amendment tirade.
A group of Colorado voters is trying to get Trump kicked off the ballot in their state, arguing that he's disqualified.
“Donald Trump has failed this test,” the lawsuit on behalf of six Republican and undeclared voters says.