Crew represents six Colorado voters – Republican or unaffiliated – seeking to remove Trump from ballot over Capitol attack
A watchdog group is suing to remove Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential ballot, saying he violated the constitution and is disqualified from holding future office.
The lawsuit is so far one of the strongest challenges to Trump’s eligibility to seek re-election.
According to the lawsuit filed on Wednesday, the former president violated section 3 of the 14th amendment, also known as the Disqualification Clause, with his involvement in the January 6 US Capitol attack. The section bars any federal or state official that has “previously taken an oath” from holding office after they “engaged in insurrection or rebellion”.
Is Trump eligible to run for President? Absolutely 100% NO!
Will he be allowed to? Probably.
I really hope not. You’d think it’d be difficult for a rational person to argue that Trump did not incite a rebellion on January 6th, but then again, we’re dealing with the folks who believe Jewish space lasers are a thing.
Yeah seems the best defense is that it is rarely used, which IMO is idiotic. It’s rarely used because presidents generally aren’t openly traitors to democracy and then try to run again.
I bet the case would have looked impossible for Nixon if he had tried, despite what Trump has done is way way worse than Watergate. Watergate is just what Trump does routinely and then brags about.
Jewish space lasers? I’ve been believing in the wrong conspiracies!
I hope not. Trump’s plan is some seriously scary shit.
We all KNOW he is guilty and ineligible, but I feel like asking courts to disqualify someone who hasn’t been found guilty (yet) of a crime to be premature.
Personally being found guilty of a crime isn’t the standard the Constitution lays out in section 3 of the 14th amendment though. Did his actions give aid or comfort to Enrique Tarrio or the other J6 insurrectionists who have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy? To my reading, that triggers disqualification.
The courts can’t disqualify him either, they can recognize him as having already been disqualified (or not).
I think that will be part of the case, but maybe with a different level of burden of evidence than a criminal case has.