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TwilightZone

(25,468 posts)
5. Here you go.
Sat Feb 13, 2021, 11:47 PM
Feb 2021

"Congress cannot simply declare an official outside of that body ineligible under Section 3 without the concurrence of the courts. To hold otherwise would allow simple majorities in Congress to oust federal and state officials without judicial scrutiny and would subvert long-established constitutional principles, such as life tenure for federal judges and the limits of the impeachment process."

ttps://www.lawfareblog.com/14th-amendments-disqualification-provision-and-events-jan-6

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