The Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Again

J. Michael Luttig is a former federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Laurence H. Tribe is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor of Constitutional Law Emeritus at Harvard University.

The only question is whether American citizens today can uphold that commitment.

As students of the United States Constitution for many decades—one of us as a U.S. Court of Appeals judge, the other as a professor of constitutional law, and both as constitutional advocates, scholars, and practitioners—we long ago came to the conclusion that the Fourteenth Amendment, the amendment ratified in 1868 that represents our nation’s second founding and a new birth of freedom, contains within it a protection against the dissolution of the republic by a treasonous president.

This protection, embodied in the amendment’s often-overlooked Section 3, automatically excludes from future office and position of power in the United States government—and also from any equivalent office and position of power in the sovereign states and their subdivisions—any person who has taken an oath to support and defend our Constitution and thereafter rebels against that sacred charter, either through overt insurrection or by giving aid or comfort to the Constitution’s enemies.

The historically unprecedented federal and state indictments of former President Donald Trump have prompted many to ask whether his conviction pursuant to any or all of these indictments would be either necessary or sufficient to deny him the office of the presidency in 2024.

Trump Is Constitutionally Prohibited From the Presidency


I agree with Luttig and Tribe. Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution seem clear to me! What will SCOTUS do? What do you think?
This is wrong on the data, the reasoning,and especially on what it says about your contempt for Americans.

Are you really saying that unless someone bars Trump that millions will knowingly vote for someone when doing it is a clear violation of the Constitution ???
By your own poor reasoning you should be encouraging Trump to be on the ballot, being confident that what you say is obvious will be seen my the majority of voters.
A vote for Trump would be a vote that he is eligible to run ....OF COURSE.....OF COURSE.
 
This is wrong on the data, the reasoning,and especially on what it says about your contempt for Americans.

Are you really saying that unless someone bars Trump that millions will knowingly vote for someone when doing it is a clear violation of the Constitution ???
By your own poor reasoning you should be encouraging Trump to be on the ballot, being confident that what you say is obvious will be seen my the majority of voters.
A vote for Trump would be a vote that he is eligible to run ....OF COURSE.....OF COURSE.
We must keep all opposition off the ballot in order to save Democracy!!!
 
This is wrong on the data, the reasoning,and especially on what it says about your contempt for Americans.

Are you really saying that unless someone bars Trump that millions will knowingly vote for someone when doing it is a clear violation of the Constitution ???
By your own poor reasoning you should be encouraging Trump to be on the ballot, being confident that what you say is obvious will be seen my the majority of voters.
A vote for Trump would be a vote that he is eligible to run ....OF COURSE.....OF COURSE.
Do you really think we need a mentally ill, hate driven, lying, rapist for president. You don't want the courts to look at the pile of shit because if he is found guilty people won't vote for him , so you should be supporting Trumps court appearances. So we can find out how much of a criminal the piece of shit is.
 
Who’s been convicted of a felony, fascist?
He will be as soon as he has his first court case. We all know the piece of shit is guilty we saw him do it. We are all witnesses to the crime. So if you are a witness to the crime then you dam well don't think he is innocent until proven guilty . The man is so stupid that he will be found guilty on his own videos and what he has admitted to. Now that is stupid. He may be the most stupid criminal in history.
 
Do you really think we need a mentally ill, hate driven, lying, rapist for president. You don't want the courts to look at the pile of shit because if he is found guilty people won't vote for him , so you should be supporting Trumps court appearances. So we can find out how much of a criminal the piece of shit is.
I agree, we don’t need Biden again.
 
He will be as soon as he has his first court case. We all know the piece of shit is guilty we saw him do it. We are all witnesses to the crime. So if you are a witness to the crime then you dam well don't think he is innocent until proven guilty . The man is so stupid that he will be found guilty on his own videos and what he has admitted to. Now that is stupid. He may be the most stupid criminal in history.
So deny him his rights because your kangaroo court might convict him!
Fascist.
 

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