Trump’s Next Legal Drama—a Reconstruction-Era Amendment Barring Insurrectionists From Office
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The 14th Amendment’s disqualification clause is a new flashpoint in the presidential race; barrage of challenges and lawsuits expected
Updated Sept. 7, 2023 12:06 pm ET
Since the day Donald Trump supporters rampaged through the Capitol in 2021, legal scholars have pondered whether a post-Civil War clause in the Constitution that disqualifies insurrectionists from public office can prevent him from ever reclaiming the presidency.
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