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[Spongebob]

Amd 14, section 3

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

This is was intended to keep traitors out of office unless the Senate votes by 2/3 majority to allow it.

Nope, traitors would have been allowed in without Senate approval, provided they had never previously sworn to uphold the Constitution.

Boru

Yes, having taken an oath and then committed a traitorous act makes them a traitor.  I'm using that word loosely as it says anyone who has engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same.  My point is just that this was clearly meant to ban any person who had betrayed the state or nation through rebellion from taking any of those listed offices and NOT to kick someone out of office once in.