Barring Trump from running again should be a campaign issue this election

[Dr. Jack]

The 14 Amendment gives congress the power to bar someone from running for office. The Democrats should make barring Trump from running for office again a campaign issue. I think there’s enough support for some kind of accountability that this issue could gain traction with people.

[ultralite001]

1. US Constitution 14th Amendment 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...

[link:https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv|]

[Dr. Jack]

2. That would be the one

It’s not necessarily a novel idea. It’s been written about quite a bit

[ultralite001]

3. Thx...

That is all...

[TheRealNorth]

4. Unless the Justice Department charges & convicts The Biggest Loser of sedition....

Then it doesn't matter because its a legal question and not a political one. And I am sure that when it goes before the courts, the morons that represent TFG will argue that he can't be stopped from running because he hasn't been convicted, and they most likely will win.

[Zeitghost]

5. Congress does not have the power

to unilaterally declare someone guilty of sedition or insurrection. It will take a criminal conviction to invoke that clause of the 14th amendment.