Curried Goats
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It's not hearsay you idiot. If you bothered to read the ruling under the section where they explain how they concluded Trump "engaged in" insurrection it is full of examples of his own words and actions.Oh boy oh boy.....you can say that again.
Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3:
"No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof But Congress may by a vote of two-thirdsremovesucdisability.
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Could the disqualification clause prevent Donald Trump from running for president in 2024?
Theoretically, yes. Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment gives Congress the power to disqualify someone who has already held a public office from holding "any office" if they participate in an "insurrection or rebellion" against the United States.
But since this mechanism has never been used against a president, there are still questions to resolve. The disqualification clause applies to current and former federal officials, state officials, and military officials. However, legal scholars are split on whether the disqualification clause applies to the presidency. It's likely the 14th Amendment will continue to come up in conversations approaching the 2024 presidential election.
https://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment14/annotation15.html
A good indicator of how this will go is, if you've noticed, the rabid MSM was foaming at the mouth over this after the decision............suddenly, not much speculation.....their legal people most likely told them it'll die at SCOTUS.
Trump wasn't charged in your civil trial either, so His due process rights have been constitutionally violated.
Yet no one, other than hearsay has, proven he was 'engaged'.
Merry Christmas..........