Ken Dilanian: This Is Another Example of the Supreme Court Playing a Huge Role in American Elections

CABRERA: “Ken, you are continuing to read through this opinion as you are just outside the Supreme Court this morning. I’m curious what’s happening there at this moment and what you think stands out in this decision that we all — we all should know.”
DILANIAN: “Well, it’s pretty quiet actually outside the court today. Not a lot of protesters are — are onlookers. Look, in terms of what I find fascinating about this opinion is that for many, many months, serious people entertain the idea that this 14th Amendment challenge was plausible, that actually Donald Trump could be excluded from the ballot. And here you have this resounding 9-0 decision, including very liberal justices saying absolutely not, there’s — there’s no chance here, that this — this is not how our democracy works, where a state could decide to — for the nation who could be on the ballot. So — and — and you know, the other thing stepping back, Ana, is that this is another example, among many that are playing out right now, of the Supreme Court playing a huge role in American elections. And it’s not necessarily the case that that’s a good thing for the Supreme Court. The approval levels of the court, poll show, are at historic lows, 41 percent, in a — in a recent poll, approve of the job that the Supreme Court is doing. And the court’s decision to take the immunity case on its regular order rather than on an expedited basis, which resulted in a significant delay, in that case, going to trial in Washington, D.C., that’s a very controversial decision and it’s going to be seen by many people as the court essentially interfering in some sense in the election. And so this — this is all sort of playing out here in terms of how we assess the Supreme Court and its legacy.”