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Activists want to disqualify Trump from ballot in key states under 14th Amendment (thehill.com)

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Two civil rights organizations are launching a campaign to pressure state governments to disqualify former President Trump from appearing on ballots in 2024.

The groups say secretaries of state are empowered by the 14th amendment to bar Trump from running for office because of the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection.

Starting Sunday, Mi Familia Vota and Free Speech for People will stage a week of rallies and banner drops outside the offices of the secretaries of state of California, Oregon, Colorado and Georgia.

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[-] smitty@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago

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-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

The argument is "PReSiDenT isn'T mEntIoNeD sPeCiFIcALLy!!1!". Does President take an oath? Are they "elected to office"? Then yeah, the President is an officer.

[-] o0joshua0o@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

POTUS definitely qualifies as an office!

[-] justdoit@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I like the enthusiasm, but the easy legal argument here is that he was never convicted of any of these crimes. I don’t think there’s a single justice who would entertain this notion without that backing.

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