Colorado Trump ballot challenger 'didn't have a good day' in SCOTUS hearing: legal expert

It was a "bad day" and a "weak case" for those trying to convince nine jurists sitting on the nation's highest bench that Trump's an officer who should be booted from the GOP primary ballot.

That was the take by NYU law professor Ryan Goodman, who appeared Thursday on CNN hours after oral combat was completed in what was described as a frosty reception at the Supreme Court.

Goodman believes the bench's focus was more about procedure and that hurts the case to remove Trump, which hinges heavily on the Civil War-era's Section 3 of the 14th Amendment barring sworn officers from serving in office if they engaged in insurrection.

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"So I don't think it was a good day for him," he said, referring to Jason Murray who fought for the Colorado voters to disqualify Trump’s eligibility to seek a second term in the White House.

Goodman noted that Murray "tried to make his arguments as best he could" but the outcome is likely to favor Trump by a 9-0, 8-1 decision.

Goodman believes from his read on today's session that Justice Sonia Sotomayor, considered liberal in most positions, could side with the argument that Trump remain on the ballot.

At one point during Murray's effort to convince the justices of supporting Colorado's decision to remove the former president, he argued that the evidence was based on Trump's public statements and social media posts to determine his intentions in the lead and aftermath of the attack on the Capitol back on Jan. 6, 2021.

But Justice Amy Barrett considered it “unusual” to bypass the state’s responsibility to present facts and have the justices “just watch the video of the Ellipse.”

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