The Hill: Democrats quietly explore barring Trump from office over Jan. 6
In the year since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a handful of Democrats, constitutional scholars and pro-democracy advocates have been quietly exploring how a post-Civil War amendment to the Constitution might be used to disqualify former President Trump from holding office again.
Calls for Congress to take steps to strip Trump of his eligibility, which reached a crescendo in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riot, have since decreased. But those who remain engaged on the issue say discussions about applying Section 3 of the 14th Amendment have been ongoing.
“If anything, the idea has waxed and waned,” said Laurence Tribe, a constitutional expert at Harvard Law School. “I hear it being raised with considerable frequency these days both by media commentators and by members of Congress and their staffs, some of whom have sought my advice on how to implement Section 3.”
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WNU Editor: The above Hill article says the Democrats are quietly exploring a pathway to disqualify former President Trump from holding office again. I disagree with the quiet part. Democrats have been very vocal on doing what is necessary to make sure the former President cannot run again.
My prediction.
This will not move forward until later this year where I do expect there will be a push to disqualify the former President under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, a section that clearly states that officeholders who "have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same" are disqualified from future office.
I also expect that there is a very real chance that it will pass if current trends continue and Democrat electoral prospects do not improve.
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