Constitutional Scholar: Democrats Should Block Trump 2024 Presidential Campaign Using the 14th Amendment

From this article on Trump and his insurrection:

As former President Donald Trump weighs announcing a potential 2024 presidential run this fall — which would be his third run for president in as many election cycles — a constitutional law professor is calling on Democrats to act now to prevent him from doing so.

Alan B. Morrison, associate dean at George Washington University Law School, penned an op-ed that was published in The Hill on Saturday evening. In it, Morrison calls for Democrats to sue Trump in federal court, citing the insurrectionist clause in the 14th Amendment of the Constitution to block any future run for office — including for president.

Section 3 of that amendment bars any person who has held federal office and “previously taken an oath…to support the Constitution of the United States” from entering any political office again if they have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the country.

Having hear Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony, that was purported corroborated by Pat Cipollone, I’ll be the first to admit that Trump appears to be engaged in insurrection.  But that’s the standard of guilt here?  “Appears to Craig Shields” to have done such-and-so?

I hope not.

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