A provision of the 14th Amendment could have a profound impact on the 2024 elections as challenges to former President Donald Trumpās candidacy threaten to remove him from the ballot. In states across the country, this amendment has been used to disqualify Trump for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.
What is Section 3 of the 14th Amendment?
The final version of the Section 3 of the 14th Amendment reads as follows:
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.
14th Amendment was finally ratified, Congress passed the Enforcement Act of 1870, which allowed federal prosecutors to remove those who were disqualified from office under Section 3.
In 1872, Congress, under political pressure to reconsider Section 3, passed the Amnesty Act of 1872 granting amnesty to most former Confederate officers.
Today, this 158-year old provision has propelled the nation into āuncharted territory.ā Upon the announcement of former President Donald Trumpās 2024 presidential campaign, questions begin to surface about his eligibility under Section 3 given his actions leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.
Across the country, dozens of challenges were filed with one overarching question: Is Trump disqualified from office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment due to his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection?
What is Section 3 of the 14th Amendment?
The final version of the Section 3 of the 14th Amendment reads as follows:
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.
14th Amendment was finally ratified, Congress passed the Enforcement Act of 1870, which allowed federal prosecutors to remove those who were disqualified from office under Section 3.
In 1872, Congress, under political pressure to reconsider Section 3, passed the Amnesty Act of 1872 granting amnesty to most former Confederate officers.
Today, this 158-year old provision has propelled the nation into āuncharted territory.ā Upon the announcement of former President Donald Trumpās 2024 presidential campaign, questions begin to surface about his eligibility under Section 3 given his actions leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.
Across the country, dozens of challenges were filed with one overarching question: Is Trump disqualified from office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment due to his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection?