Could the 14th Amendment to the American Constitution prevent Donald Trump from running for President again?
By The Horse
@TheHorse (214056)
Walnut Creek, California
August 6, 2023 12:39pm CST
I admit to not having read the entire Constitution, nor the Amendments thereto. I had not read this section of the 14th Amendment until this morning.
Could these simple words prevent Donald Trump from running for President again? Would he have to be convicted on at least some of the counts against him?
Donald Trump is not known as a big reader. Do you think he has read this? Have his lawyers told him about it?
What are your thoughts?
"Fourteenth Amendment. Equal Protection and Other Rights
Section 3 Disqualification from Holding Office
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."
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@wolfgirl569 (102106)
• Marion, Ohio
6 Aug 23
@TheHorse He wants to drag them out for the publicity and thinking if he wins then the trials will be stopped
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@TheHorse (214056)
• Walnut Creek, California
6 Aug 23
@wolfgirl569 He may see getting elected and pardoning himself as his only way out.
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@LindaOHio (170818)
• United States
7 Aug 23
Ohhhhh. I like this. I hope they can use this to keep him out of office. Good job! Enjoy the new week!
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@TheHorse (214056)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Aug 23
@LindaOHio Today is my first day of the week at Guitar Center. I hope it goes smoothly.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
7 Aug 23
I have no personal opinion one way or the other but you, as an American may find this interesting.
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@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
7 Aug 23
@TheHorse He begins with a history of "contentious" federal elections throughout the history of America and the civil unrest it created or nearly created, including the most recent election and January 6. He brings in a couple of guests to discuss the indictments against Trump and the controversy surrounding them. I don't want to give too much away.
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@TheHorse (214056)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Aug 23
@Starmaiden He kind of lost me when he said the January 6th incident was not an insurrection. But the info abut the earlier elections was interesting. It sounds like we had too dang many people running in those days!
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@DWDavis (25806)
• United States
7 Aug 23
Technically, this should keep Trump from taking office and should cause the removal of a large number or Republican House Members and a handful of Senators as well. However, I don't see it ever being enforced.
Note, though, that it doesn't say they must have been convicted, simply that they engaged. Trump undeniably engaged in the insurrection.
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@RasmaSandra (77647)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Aug 23
I certainly would hope so. No sense going through a presidential circus one more time he does not deserve to be president of a country or anything else,
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@JESSY3236 (19577)
• United States
8 Aug 23
I have a paralegal degree. One year my professor had a class on the Constitution. I really wanted to take it, but the classes were really long and I couldn't take it.
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@lovebuglena (43896)
• Staten Island, New York
7 Aug 23
They keep indicting him hoping he won’t run for president. But he only gains more popularity. He is not gonna back down and continue running for president.
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@arunima25 (87128)
• Bangalore, India
6 Aug 23
That would shatter his plan to run for President once again. Trump is always making news and most of the time for wrong reasons. But still, we get to see a huge fan following for him
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