CNN’s chief legal analyst Elie Honig blasted Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows over her late Thursday decision to bar former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s 2024 ballot, citing the insurrection clause of the 14th Amendment.

Honig, during a show segment following the ruling, said Bellows based her decision on “YouTube clips, news reports” and other “things that would never pass the bar in normal court.” …

Honig previously criticized Colorado’s ruling, accusing that state’s highest court of denying Trump his due process rights.

“I think the Supreme Court is going to take this case and I think the Supreme Court is going to reverse the Colorado Supreme Court,” he said.

[So do I. I’ve laid out several constitutional grounds for that too, including in today’s post. This is not an issue for states to enforce, a point Honig makes too. But as Honig says, we’re in unchartered territory now, and the Supreme Court will have political risks no matter which way they go. — Ed]