Trump-Appointed Justices Consider Trump’s Appeals

FEATURING BILL BLUM - On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case Trump versus Anderson, in response to the former president’s appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court’s decision banning him from that state’s presidential ballot. Justices appeared poised to rule in Trump’s favor.

Meanwhile on February 12th, Trump appealed another case to the Supreme Court, asking for a delay in a case brought by the Special Counsel after a lower federal court ruled he was not immune from prosecution for his role in the January 6th insurrection. 

The nation’s highest court is stacked with rightwing justices, three of whom were appointed by Trump himself, and one of whom is married to an avid pro-Trump activist.