Elie Honig, a senior legal analyst at CNN and former federal prosecutor, expressed disapproval of the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling on Wednesday, describing it as an attempt to fit a square peg into a round hole.

During a segment on CNN, Honig further contended that the ruling infringes upon the due process rights of former President Donald Trump.While examining the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling to prohibit Trump from appearing on the state’s ballot, Honig stated: “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.”

“I halfway agree with Bob, I halfway disagree with Bob. I disagree with him on whether the term “an officer of the United States” includes the president. There’s sort of linguistic exercises you can do either way, but I think it’s worth noting all seven justices didn’t have a problem with all officers of the United States including the president. And also just logically, if you’re gonna have a provision in the Constitution that says anyone who engages in insurrection can’t serve for future office, it would be bizarre if the highest office was exempt from that,” Honig continued.