This is intriguing: 14th Amendment Section 3
They make the case that Section 3 is self-executing and requires no conviction for the insurrection and no Congressional enforcement. Essentially, Trump can be barred from holding ANY public office, not just the presidency, because his is already disqualified.
Boru
Quote:Last week, law professors William Baude of the University of Chicago and Michael Stokes Paulsen of the University of St. Thomas — both members of the conservative Federalist Society — that Trump is already constitutionally forbidden from serving in public office because of Section Three of the 14th Amendment.
They make the case that Section 3 is self-executing and requires no conviction for the insurrection and no Congressional enforcement. Essentially, Trump can be barred from holding ANY public office, not just the presidency, because his is already disqualified.
Boru
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