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.
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Democrats should explore going straight to hell.
They don’t think they can pull off another theft of the election!
Good one.
And take their Repuke buttboys with them.
Whether Section 3 applies to Trump would have to be litigated by the courts, not by Democrats in Congress.
More unconstitutional Nazi sh*t from the Marxists.
“Keeps them from harrassing others in the running.”
Odd how supposed conservatives can find common ground with would be communist tyrants.
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.
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.
The Big Lie is most certainly the Biden Presidency & his media collaborators.
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.
Never let a crisis (real or imagined) go to waste.
Bkmk
Wile E. Coyote lives in the heart of the modern Communo-Dem party.
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHIwiKvdY7E
“My view of the Trump Rally in DC - 01 06 21.” 3 MIN
H/T Harpotoo
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