Posted on 03/05/2024 11:20:15 AM PST by DallasBiff
AN OBSCURE patch of the constitution from 1868 never looked likely to keep Donald Trump off the presidential ballot in 2024. It was not clear that the idea of turning to Section 3 of the 14th Amendment—which bars officials who engage in “insurrection or rebellion” from holding future office—would gain traction in any of the 35 states where lawsuits emerged. But litigants had a viable claim: after taking an oath to protect the constitution, the 45th president had arguably thwarted the peaceful transfer of power on January 6th 2021 and was therefore (according to Section 3) barred from recapturing the presidency. Judges and officials in Colorado, Maine and—just last week—Illinois found this reasoning persuasive.
(Excerpt) Read more at economist.com ...
What happened, to the Thatcherite Economist of t?he 80's?
It does, at least, explain the ridiculous and repeated use of the word “insurrection” by the air-head Left - as though that word were used conversationally by any living person, today.
Nancy Pelosi thought her garbled jaw-jacking would work.
“...just last week—Illinois found this reasoning persuasive.”
They went fully Euro-woke.
This must have been painful for them to write.
Pence was not asked to overturn the election.
It’s not about Trump. It’s what he stands for — the assurance and preservation of Godly morality in a disciplined society that produces wealth and rejects its adversaries and their attempts to destroy it.
“ But litigants had a viable claim: after taking an oath to protect the constitution, the 45th president had arguably thwarted the peaceful transfer of power on January 6th 2021 and was therefore (according to Section 3) barred from recapturing...”
All fantasy never proven never convicted nothing but fake accusations
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