Donald Trump attorney Alina Habba predicted that Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh would “step up” in favor of the president who appointed him — delivering a customary public reminder of Trump's efforts to secure his lifetime appointment .
She made the comment to Fox News host Sean Hannity just days after confirming Trump's concerns that the Supreme Court could rule against him as it considers a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court to kick him off the ballot there to point out.
“I think it should be a slam dunk for the Supreme Court,” she told Hannity. 'I have confidence in them. You know, people like Kavanaugh, who the president fought for, who the president went through hell to get into place, are going to step up,” she said.
“Those people will rise up. Not because they are pro-Trump, but because they are pro-law, because they are pro-justice. And the law on this is very clear,” she said.
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will 'ramp up' Colorado voting rights case, Trump lawyer Alina Habba predicted
Her comments, highlighted by Mediaitecome during the 2024 presidential elections, where the Supreme Court appears to play a crucial role.
Trump wants the Supreme Court to throw out Colorado's decision that Trump is ineligible for the ballot because of a 14th Amendment clause that bars offices for “those found to have engaged in insurrection or rebellion.”
Trump's team claims the language does not apply to the presidency.
She spoke after Hannity said, “No one I know has even been charged with anything to do with insurrection, let alone convicted of it.”
“He has not been charged with insurrection. He was not prosecuted for it. He has not been found guilty of it,” Habba said.
“Let's not forget that the 14th Amendment insurrection, Sean, was to prevent people from a war, who were pro-slavery, who were anti-American, from taking office. This isn't that.'
She previously referenced Kavanaugh's brutal confirmation battle in 2018 while facing sexual assault allegations. The confirmation was a major victory for Trump. He was the second of three nominees Trump was able to nominate to the Supreme Court to establish a 6-3 conservative majority.
Habba and Fox host Sean Hannity agreed that Trump was convicted of 'insurrection'
Habba referenced Kavanaugh's brutal confirmation fight and said Trump 'went through hell' to get him on the court
Habba's comments came days after she said the former president is concerned the U.S. Supreme Court could rule against him on cases that would keep him off the state ballot in the 2024 election.
Habba told Fox News that conservatives are “getting nervous” and wary of being seen as “pro-Trump” — even on the Supreme Court where Trump installed three of its nine members during his only term.
She spoke after host Martha McCallum asked if Trump was worried the court would rule against him despite his role in establishing a conservative supermajority.
Trump's legal team has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking to overturn a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that removed him from the ballot there, citing the 14th Amendment's insurrection clause.
“That's a concern he's raised with me, he's raised with everyone publicly, not privately. I can tell you that his concern is justified,” Habba said Wednesday.
Trump lawyer Alina Habba says the former president has expressed concern that the Supreme Court would rule against him on a day his team appealed the Colorado Supreme Court's decision barring him from voting there .
“You know, the Republicans are conservative. They get nervous. Unfortunately, sometimes they shy away from being pro-Trump because they feel like even if the law is on our side, it seems like they're being swayed, just like the Democratic side would be, right?”
“So they try to appear neutral and sometimes make the wrong decision. I just encourage them to look at the law and the Constitution.”
She said there should be “no politics” in the decision, it is “just plain American,” she added.
She was asked about New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman's comment on CNN that Trump and his advisers think he will prevail, but that Trump'is concerned that they will give the impression that they do not want to rule in his favor, but may want to rule against him.”
Habba stood by Trump's side during his fraud trial in New York
“You know, the Republicans are conservative. They get nervous. Unfortunately, sometimes they shy away from being pro-Trump,” Habba said
That came even as some Trump critics expressed concern that the rulings in Colorado and Maine could win sympathy for Trump while denying voters the chance to decide his fate.
Habba's latest comments came as Trump's lawyers wrote in their appeal that the Colorado ruling, “if it stands, will mark the first time in the history of the United States that the judiciary has prevented voters from casting their ballots.” bring to the major party's most important presidential elections. candidate.'
They wrote that the question of eligibility “is properly reserved for Congress, and not for the state courts, to consider and decide.”
It was not an “insurrection” and President Trump was not “involved” in “insurrection” in any way, they argued.
Habba stood by Trump's side during his separate fraud trial in New York. She was also pictured partying with him at Mar-a-Lago on New Year's Eve, including that in one photo criticized X because what was on the posters was a gross attempt at photoshopping by the former president.