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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The 14th Amendment should be used to ban every Demonicrat from running for public office.
And that was a big mistake.
sorry congresspukes
we were hoping Trump would have used the insurrection act
that is what I don't get
they "won"
yet instead of partying they continue to persecute him
yes
though it appears we lost the republic,
we will always have the Kingdom
President Trump did not incite anything
Insurrection is anything the DNC decides is insurrection. Stopping communism is insurrection by their definition.
That should be his defense, hundreds of hours of democrat officials calling for violence against Trump, Trump supporters republicans in general amd regime change..
You were wrong on three separate counts on your earlier post. Three strikes and you’re out!
Whoever community organized the Antifa Brownshirts who should be charged with a crime. They were there almost an hour before Trump’s crowd.
He should call as witnesses every democratic lawmaker (such as Mad Max) and make them testify under oath about whether or not they called for violence against Trump and his supporters.
There is a preponderance of guilt on their side, and nothing even approaching reasonable doubt on our side.
I watched and commented on just about every Trump rally in 2020. It was my pleasure! Never once did Trump supporters incite violence or inssurrect in fact au contraire the left violently and physically attacked Trump activists who were just attending.
name them, Mr. Antifa.
They are really scared of him and his base (us).
The Internet story you referenced was supposed to be the 13th amendment not the 12th, it was passed by Congress but never ratified by a sufficient number of states, and it was called the Titles of Nobility Amendment, which had nothing to do with boring lawyers from serving in office. Unfortunately, a lot of dumb people on the Internet don’t know that the title Esquire was part of the English mobility for the rank below that of knight long before it was applied to the legal profession. Others are just too lazy to look it up.
So that’s three.
Seems like that would bar 97% of the Dems from office...
even if i mixed the 12 instead of 13, which is
obvious by anyone looking,
it is not “three”, Mr. Antifa.
that was a possible “one”, not “three”.
continue throwing your Antifa-bricks for
Soros and your Master ROMNEY at conservatives,
with your now-exposed lies.
you have been caught again, Mr. Antifa.
perhaps your ROMNEY will do better next time.
so you admit you lied, that you did not have three things.
you exposed yourself as a liar, a provocateur,
and Antifa. Good luck.
Can you read?
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