Posted on 01/23/2021 2:19:40 PM PST by MtnClimber
Democrats in the U.S. Senate are publicly speculating on whether or not they can utilize the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to bar former President Trump from ever holding public office again.
The 14th Amendment, passed in the wake of the Civil War, in part directs that no individual may hold any public office in the country if he or she “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the U.S. after taking an oath of office in support of the Constitution.
Democrats in Congress have claimed that President Trump’s fiery rhetoric at a Jan. 6 rally in Washington should be deemed “incitement” of insurrection due to a mob of individuals having stormed the U.S. Capitol following that speech.
“It’s an idea that’s out there that I think people are contemplating in the accountability space,” U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine told the Hill on Friday.
“The remedies of the 14th Amendment certainly may be appropriate for someone who incites an insurrection as Donald Trump did,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal said, while Sen. Chris Murphy called the measure "certainly a possibility.”
Legal experts have argued that, under First Amendment jurisprudence, it’s unlikely that Trump actually “incited” the Jan. 6 rioters, given the high bar the Supreme Court has set to meet that standard.
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What do you do with democRATs who have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution, but they try to impose communism instead?
The Rats very much fear Trump.
He must have derailed a lot of people’s gravy trains...
Excellent question.
It would be utterly phony. But that kind of challenge only seems to inspire the Democrat Party to reach new lows.
Bingo! I think you hit the nail on the head.
Please. Show me one time that Trump encourages anyone to ignore the law... let alone engage in insurrection.
This is nonsense, but so was the fake election
more importantly, bring back the Original
Amendment that PROHIBITED LAWYERS from the Republic’s
Office.
Dear GEOTUS,
PLEASE.
PLEASE.
Use them for lamp post decorations?
Fiery rhetoric as in “peaceful and patriotic”?
I am sick of the their 14th Admendment Sthick, they use it for everything like those of us that maybe Italian, we use Olive Oil for everything. Enough already...
You can be sure Romney will vote for it...
more importantly, bring back the Original 12th
Amendment that PROHIBITED LAWYERS from the Republic’s
Office. twas removed by lawyers between 1812 and
the middle of the Civil War I.
Dear GEOTUS,
PLEASE.
PLEASE.
Let’s go full dictatorship
Go for it . . . there is ample evidence to prove that just about every Democratic congressperson and many of the GOP are guilty of that very crime.
But I forget, there was a day when patriots would exclaim “Give me liberty or give me death!” Today we are afraid to say that “White lives matter” in public.
due to a mob of individuals having stormed the U.S. Capitol following that speech.
I could have sworn they said it happened while Trump was still speaking.
Who else besides Trump can rally all of us?
Trump is the obvious catalyst but it all culminated when the Democrats realized that they could commit nation wide vote fraud without any repercussions. They feel emboldened, and rightfully so, because there isn’t any deterrence. The Republican party has been complicit in the vote fraud. Without free and fair elections, this nation is toast.
I believe I read that there were some colonies that
prohibited lawyers from coming into their territory.
Have to try and look that up...
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