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Cal's Law School Dean Joins SCOTUS Brief Saying Trump's 'Violent, Incendiary Speech' Should Ban Him From the Ballot

Scott Shafer
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Former US President Donald Trump and his lawyers Christopher Kise and Alina Habba attend the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court on Jan. 11, 2024 in New York City.  (Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images)

The dean of UC Berkeley’s Law School has signed onto an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that Donald Trump is ineligible to be president due to his participation in the January 6 insurrection. Scott talks with Dean Erwin Chemerinsky about that issue and all the other legal perils Trump is facing.

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