'The View' co-hosts grudgingly admit SCOTUS Colorado ruling was 'right decision,' but blast 'partisan' court

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The co-hosts of "The View" admitted on Monday that the Supreme Court made the right decision in their unanimous vote against removing former President Trump from the ballot in Colorado.

Co-host Sunny Hostin said it was the "right decision," but went on to criticize the justices for acting in a "partisan" way. She emphasized the concurring opinion written by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, who claimed the court went too far. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was nominated by Trump, also wrote her own concurring opinion that seemed to agree that the court ruled on more than it had to.

"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," Hostin said. "I have 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 where justices that behaved in a partisan manner and that disappointed me."

Co-host Sara Haines said she found it reassuring that Barrett somewhat agreed with Kagan, Jackson and Sotomayor because they talk about partisanship on the court frequently.

"It didn’t surprise me. I started to gain faith as Sunny would tell us, like, this is going to get him," Haines said. "But seeing it, I now get the chaos which would ensue and I think it’s important when you don’t like the outcome, which I’m not saying I don’t, but that you look at the states that you would disagree with, and what they could do in turn."

Co-host Ana Navarro said she agreed with the SCOTUS ruling but made a point to clarify that the court did not rule on whether Trump was an "insurrectionist."

"I agree with this. I think it needs to be up to the voters. I think it was opening up a Pandora’s box, and one of the things that John Roberts said earlier was, you know, how do we know that then elections don’t end up being decided by just a few states?" she said, before arguing that Justice Clarence Thomas should have to recuse himself from cases dealing with Trump.... (Read more)








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