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Democrats explore barring Trump from holding office over Jan. 6 riot
nypost ^ | 1/6/2022 | CALLIE PATTESON

Posted on 01/06/2022 11:47:57 AM PST by bitt

A handful of congressional Democrats are investigating whether former President Donald Trump can be prevented from holding elected office again through the application of an obscure portion of the 14th Amendment.

Section 3 of the amendment, enacted in 1868 and best known for enshrining the Equal Protection Clause, prevents any government official who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the US from holding office again.

According to The Hill, approximately a dozen Democratic lawmakers have publicly or privately spoken about applying Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to Trump, whom they accuse of inciting the Jan. 6 riot that disrupted the congressional certification of the 2020 election results.

“If anything the idea has waxed and waned,” liberal Harvard Law School professor emeritus Laurence Tribe told the outlet.

“I hear it being raised with considerable frequency these days both by media commentators and by members of Congress and their staffs, some of whom have sought my advice on how to implement Section 3.”

Tribe has met with the staffs of Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a member of the House select committee investigating the riot, Jerry Nadler (D-NY), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.).

The offices of all three members did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; didyousearch; jan6riot; trump
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1 posted on 01/06/2022 11:47:57 AM PST by bitt
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2 posted on 01/06/2022 11:48:09 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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Let them waste all their time harassing President Trump. Keeps them from harrassing others in the running.
3 posted on 01/06/2022 11:50:11 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: bitt

Democrats should explore going straight to hell.


4 posted on 01/06/2022 11:51:11 AM PST by Lee'sGhost ("Just look at the flowers, Lizzie. Just look at the flowers.")
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To: bitt

They don’t think they can pull off another theft of the election!


5 posted on 01/06/2022 11:51:22 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Lee'sGhost

Good one.


6 posted on 01/06/2022 11:51:55 AM PST by FreeperCell
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To: Lee'sGhost
Democrats should explore going straight to hell.

And take their Repuke buttboys with them.

7 posted on 01/06/2022 11:52:14 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Lee'sGhost

8 posted on 01/06/2022 11:53:39 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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To: bitt

Whether Section 3 applies to Trump would have to be litigated by the courts, not by Democrats in Congress.


9 posted on 01/06/2022 11:54:22 AM PST by Yo-Yo (is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: bitt

More unconstitutional Nazi sh*t from the Marxists.


10 posted on 01/06/2022 11:54:53 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: Sacajaweau

“Keeps them from harrassing others in the running.”

Odd how supposed conservatives can find common ground with would be communist tyrants.


11 posted on 01/06/2022 11:55:40 AM PST by odawg
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To: bitt

Imagine our PDJT playing the Foil?
while Pompeo, DeSantis step up?

Opens up a whole new world of opportunity.
Get to watch the Dem Heads explode for the next 2 1/2 years.

Priceless.


12 posted on 01/06/2022 11:56:02 AM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: bitt

Never mind that they would be dishonestly and unconstitutionally denying the voting rights of millions and millions, yea a majority, of voters supporting Trump. NOooooo, the CommieRats would NEVER suppress the voting public, but they DEFINITELY curb their voting options through illicit means.


13 posted on 01/06/2022 11:56:22 AM PST by RatRipper (The Biden Adm is leading an attack against US citizens . . . pure evil.)
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To: bitt

The Big Lie is most certainly the Biden Presidency & his media collaborators.


14 posted on 01/06/2022 11:56:40 AM PST by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: bitt

They would have to charge Trump with insurrection, try him, find him guilty, and sentence him to use this tactic. Not a lot of chance of that happening.


15 posted on 01/06/2022 11:56:47 AM PST by NicoDon
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To: bitt

Never let a crisis (real or imagined) go to waste.


16 posted on 01/06/2022 11:58:43 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE ( ‘When tyranny becomes law, resistance becomes duty.’)
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To: bitt

Bkmk


17 posted on 01/06/2022 12:00:04 PM PST by sauropod (Resident Bidet. A confused old man at the wrong bus stop.)
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To: bitt

Wile E. Coyote lives in the heart of the modern Communo-Dem party.


18 posted on 01/06/2022 12:01:52 PM PST by Hazwaste (Socialists are like slinkies. Only good for pushing down stairs.)
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To: bitt

Accusing Donald Trump of “insurrection” or “rebellion” is a pretty serious charge to bring, and the bar would be set pretty high to make any case for it.

What “insurrection”? What “rebellion”? The accusers are going to have to define their terms a little better than “I don’t like Trump”, or some such inane statement based only in their emotions.


19 posted on 01/06/2022 12:03:50 PM PST by alloysteel (There are folks running the government who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches - Will Rogers)
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To: Harpotoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHIwiKvdY7E

“My view of the Trump Rally in DC - 01 06 21.” 3 MIN

H/T Harpotoo


20 posted on 01/06/2022 12:06:01 PM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=50%>)
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