Sunny Hostin: ‘I Had Far Too Much Hope that the Court Would Be United in This and Not Overstep in Favor of Donald Trump’

Goldberg: “... standing ovations. But we want you to be comfortable. The Supreme Court has just ruled unanimously that Colorado court cannot keep you-know-who off the state’s ballot for engaging in insurrection, finding that a state cannot make a call that could have a national impact on a federal election. Of course, unless it’s about a woman’s right to choose, but let’s not get into that. What do you all think of this? I mean, is anybody surprised by this decision?”
NAVARRO: “No.”
HOSTIN: “No. And I actually think it was the right decision to make because it would have — you know, if Colorado had been allowed to do that, we’d have this chaotic sort of process where you have 50 states and some are choosing to put them on the ballot, and some are choosing not to put them on the ballot. So that’s why this — this decision was unanimous in judgment. But if you read the dissent by Justice — Justices Sotomayor and Kagan and also Jackson, they are saying the Supreme Court went too far here, because they answered a question that wasn’t before them. The only question that was before this court was, can a state do this? Instead, what they did was they insulated all alleged insurrectionists from future challenges to their holding federal office. And it is a tenant of Supreme Court law. I am a Supreme Court admitted — a bar admitted attorney. It says what it does today the court should have left undone. And we always learn that in law school. The Supreme Court should just answer the question before them. And I have far too much — I had far too much hope that the court would be united in this and not overstep in favor of Donald Trump. And I think what we saw was a court were justices that behaved in a partisan manner. And that disappoints me.”