The Hill: Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office

[DonGlock26]

Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now

The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president. This is the plain wording of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. “No person shall … hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath … 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.” This disability can be removed by a two-thirds vote in each House.

Disqualification is based on insurrection against the Constitution and not the government. The evidence of Donald Trump’s engaging in such insurrection is overwhelming. The matter has been decided in three separate forums, two of which were fully contested with the active participation of Trump’s counsel.


The first fully contested proceeding was Trump’s second impeachment trial. On Jan. 13, 2021, then-President Trump was impeached for “incitement of insurrection.” At the trial in the Senate, seven Republicans joined all Democrats to provide a majority for conviction but failed to reach the two-thirds vote required for removal from office. Inciting insurrection encompasses “engaging in insurrection” against the Constitution “or giving aid and comfort to the enemies thereof,” the grounds for disqualification specified in Section 3.

https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5055171-constitution-insurrection-trump-disqualification/

A media trial balloon? Will the Democrat moonbats bite?

 

[1srelluc]

 

[whitehall]

"Aid and comfort to the enemies of the U.S"? If that was grounds to kick a president out of office the democrat party would have lost the last three presidents including the senile old fool who commuted the death sentences of murders who were enemies of the U.S.

 

[pknopp]

Whether they have the power or not, they aren't going to do anything.

 

[WEATHER53]

More make pretend wishes from loser zealots who keep redoubling all their failed efforts

 

[Thunk]

A media trial balloon? Will the Democrat moonbats bite?

I don't thunk ANYBODY wants THAT MUCH blood on their hands!

 

[shockedcanadian]

So THAT'S how democracy works.

 

[lg325]

I don't see in law where the congress can do that. There would be another Jan.6th protest if that happened.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

A media trial balloon? Will the Democrat moonbats bite?

SCOTUS has already ruled on this when states tried to use that to kick Trump off the ballot. There are no Republicans, and few Democrats would vote for this, even if it could be brought up, which it cannot with the current incoming leadership. Hilarious caterwauling is all this is.

 

[jwoodie]

Even if "insurrection" had taken place, how would Trump have "engaged" in it? Did he enter the Capitol building on Jan. 6?

 

[Votto]

A media trial balloon? Will the Democrat moonbats bite?

I reckon you have to do what you have to do in order to prevent Hitler from taking power

Really, it's the only morally correct stance.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

A media trial balloon? Will the Democrat moonbats bite?

Election interference the same thing the loons accused Trump of doing. There isn't much difference between Republicans and Democrats anymore.

At this point I'm thinking of becoming an anarchist and hoping the whole shebang burns to the fucking ground.

 

[Zafira Cherry]

A media trial balloon? Will the Democrat moonbats bite?

it is necessary

 

[WEATHER53]

Lo and behold
Member of the media fomenting true insurrection in Congress. Are they now jailed with never ending retention?

 

[Zafira Cherry]

call the lawmakers NOW and make it happen!

 

[Paleman]

Even if "insurrection" had taken place, how would Trump have "engaged" in it? Did he enter the Capitol building on Jan. 6?

Insurrection, really? Does anybody believe that this country could be overthrown with sticks and stones? There was no insurrection. I was just a mostly peaceful demonstration. That declaration is based on the Democrats constantly calling Blue city riots, mostly peaceful.

 

[mudwhistle]

A media trial balloon? Will the Democrat moonbats bite?

Since Trump wasn't involved in an insurrection.....and nothing can be proved in court.....Congress will be themselves conducting an insurrection, and can be arrested for interfering in the peaceful transfer of power.

My suggestion is that anyone who tries it should be taken out back and shot in the head.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

A media trial balloon? Will the Democrat moonbats bite?

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I'd tell them to FAFO.


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[Mikeoxenormous]

A media trial balloon? Will the Democrat moonbats bite?

Sounds like the Democrats are planning an insurrection....

 

[DonGlock26]

Sounds like the Democrats are planning an insurrection....

A testing of the waters....

Evan Davis was editor in chief of the Columbia Law Review and David Schulte was editor in chief of the Yale Law Journal. Both clerked for Justice Potter Stewart. Davis is a New York lawyer who served as president of the New York City Bar, and Schulte is a Chicago investment banker.

https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5055171-constitution-insurrection-trump-disqualification/