Is it me or do folks here seem somewhat ranty of late?

[Celerity]

59. yes

If Jack Smith had indicted and convicted Trump of seditious conspiracy, do you honestly believe that this Supreme Court would have banned Trump from the ballot?

They would have to IF Trump had also lost all his appeals, including to SCOTUS.

Seditious conspiracy is a crime of conspiring against the authority or legitimacy of the state. It definitely falls under the area of violent insurrection (January 6 was violent) against the US. An insurrection is an uprising against a larger force that's in power. Other words for insurrection include "rebellion," "revolt," and "uprising."

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. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.