"Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDbCiNMmorw

@markreckons in conversation with former attorney Richard Greene (the “Civics Dean”) explaining the #Trump #disqualification under #14thAmendmentSectionThree including a discussion of Trump v. Anderson and Congress’ role under the #ElectoralCountAct (as amended 2022).

My take-away from the interview: Thompson & Greene agree that it’s not going to happen: i.e., Trump will be inaugurated on #Jan20 , but #Democrats should act on their Constitutional duty and object to his Electoral votes on the grounds that the #PresidentElect is an adjudicated #insurrectionist

See the #JessicaDenson led https://nowmarch.org/plan-your-trip/ for details of the peaceful protest to be held in #WashingtonDC on January 3-5

The photograph is of #poet Amanda Gorman reading her #poem “The Hill we Climb” at the #Inauguration of #President Joseph R. Biden, United States #Capitol January 20, 2021.

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@heidilifeldman

Thanks, Professor. I was going to ask you if there was a similar article on the #14thAmendmentSectionThree but written post Trump v. Anderson, but have already found one - also by Baude & Paulsen - written post Anderson and forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review. "Sweeping Section Three under the Rug: A Comment on Trump v. Anderson" is available here:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4952397

A boost from you would be helpful if you think it appropriate.

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@yuhasz01

As I noted originally, there *is* a growing body of legal opinion that views the now #PresidentElect to be Constitutionally #disqualified from holding office. As might be expected, this body of opinion is now being added to: some of the opinion is as current as today where, in a YouTube discussion with Brian Tyler Cohen, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner re-states his view that #Trump has been adjudicated as an insurrectionist by: i) the state of Colorado; ii) #Congress (in the second #impeachment trial); iii) the #Jan6 Committee (1). #Insurrection – & not treason – is the relevant yardstick for #14thAmendmentSectionThree

Cohen & Kirschner also discuss a Dec 26 article by Evan A. Davis & David M. Schulte (“Congress has the Power to Stop Trump from Taking Office…”) where legal scholars Davis & Schulte argue that despite the implications of Trump v. Anderson (the Colorado case in #SCOTUS), Trump is still disqualified due to legal precedent & his Electoral College votes may be objected to in Congress on that basis under the Electoral Count Act (2).

I further note that there are other mechanisms available for Congress to ‘trigger’ disqualification (or to “remove such disability”) under #AmendmentXIV (see Kaitlyn Bird, “King Trump is not Inevitable” (3), Jessica Denson’s YouTube channel (4) & bibliography of legal opinion (5)): mechanisms that also fall within SCOTUS’ determination in Trump v. Anderson.

I’m not a US citizen but I care about the country (to the point that I wrote a book about it) & this is my reading of the up-to-date (as of today) legal thinking on the left. I still think that you have an ‘out’: but that this ‘out’ is going to expire on #InaugurationDay After that, all bets are off.

(1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5-s6NIcys
(2) https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5055171-constitution-insurrection-trump-disqualification/
(3) https://www.damemagazine.com/2024/12/03/king-trump-is-not-inevitable/
(4) https://www.youtube.com/@JessicaDenson07/videos
(5) https://nowmarch.org/legal-authority/

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The text of the #14thAmendmentSectionThree of the US #Constitution states that:

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.

On #Jan6 2021 the whole world saw then #POTUS #Trump incite an #insurrection. There is a growing body of legal opinion that views the now #PresidentElect to be Constitutionally #disqualified from holding office (see https://nowmarch.org/legal-authority/ )

Led by #JessicaDenson there are events planned for January 3-5, 2025 in #WashingtonDC (see https://nowmarch.org/ )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5Qe4h7KQ7c

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