every democrat that has voted for any form of gun control is in “rebellion” of the constitution and ineligible for office...
my opinion...
“Laurence Henry Tribe (born October 10, 1941) is an American legal hack who is a University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Tribe
Gee, where has Turley been? Dem-communists have made personal attacks since Rush Limbaugh’s time.
Turley still thinks the LEFT cares about the Constitution
“Tribe has attacked figures like Mitch McConnell as “McTurtle” and “flagrant d**khead.””
Well, Tribe is right about McConnell but probably for the wrong reason (the refusal to consider Merrick Garland as a SC justice).
I wonder how long before Turley’s Georgetown position is jeopardized, now that the scales have fallen off his eyes.
Turkey = EXCELLENT
Tribe = RIDICULOUS
Tribe needs a ride in a helicopter.
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Tribe is a partisan lunatic, much like Garland. They are indeed the dangerous ones in our society using lawfare to cripple their political opponents. Both would be welcome in the old soviet union.
I remember when NPR pimped this kook as a Supreme Court nominee for President Dukakis.
He may be holding that in reserve to divert attention from major new revelations of Biden's corruption, or to do maximum damage to Trump's 2024 campaign.
Trump hunters Schiff & Raskin are former students. Tribe has been obsessed with President Trump for years. He was part of the cabal trying to get electors to flip from Trump in 2016.
There’s a better chance Laurence Tribe is involved in child sex trafficking than there is that Trump committed treason.
Having followed Tribe’s pronouncements through the years, I long ago concluded that he has some sort of cognitive dysfunction.
Isn't declaring a city as a "sanctuary" for illegal aliens a declaration that federal law will not be enforced? How is that not overthrowing the Constitution in their states?
But seriously...
Regarding actual insurrection, there is also 18 U.S. Code § 2383 - Rebellion or insurrection:
Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.However, individual citizens would not have the wherewithal to undertake an actual insurrection against the federal government. They would need a much larger organization than a militia group, they would need the organized people of entire states to actually pull off an insurrection.
That's why we have 50 U.S. Code Title 50—WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE, specifically 50 U.S. Code CHAPTER 13—INSURRECTION.
All of the individual sections refer to "state[s] in insurrection," not individual citizens.
This is understandable given that the 14th amendment was in response to the Civil War and the seceding states (states in insurrection), not individuals. Section 3 of the 14th amendment was written with the idea of preventing the office holders of future seceding states from holding offices in the United States.
Therefore, "insurrection" in the 14th amendment was meant to apply to the several states, not to individual citizens. A state must be in open rebellion before the citizens of that state can be held for insurrection under Title 18.
If Congress tried to pass a new law to define insurrection as inciteful speech in front of a large crowd near the Capitol in order to use it as the basis for charging President Trump, it would be an ex post facto law if applied to Trump. A law like that would have to already be on the books to apply to the January 6 speech. A new law would only apply to future speech.
I doubt that 18 U.S. Code § 2383 - Rebellion or insurrection, by itself, would be enough to indict an individual on without there being a larger entity like a state involved.
That's my take on it, and I invite Lawrence Tribe to call me an ad hominem because of it.
-PJ
Tribe reminds me of a vengeful old woman. He’s the Madame De Farge of Harvard Law.
This country was founded by gentlemen and defended by patriots. They simply couldn’t imagine the depths today’s rabble would stoop to after having been given such a gift.