Prominent conservative legal scholars are increasingly raising a constitutional argument that 2024 Republican candidate Donald Trump should be barred from the presidency because of his actions to overturn the previous presidential election result.

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    1 year ago

    engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.

    Convict him of this and he won’t be able to run.

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      1 year ago

      The amendment doesn’t require conviction, just engagement.

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        A conviction is the only way to prove engagement legally. Like you can pass a law that says sex offender can’t do X. But you can’t enforce it upon someone whose not on the sex offender list.