TRUMP IS DISQUALIFIED FROM RUNNING: Fourteenth Amendment, Section 3.
In the August 19 issue The Atlantic, https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/donald-trump-constitutionally-prohibited-presidency/675048/
retired former federal judge J. Michael Luttig and Laurence Tribe make the case that the 14th Amendment. Sec. 3 disqualifies Donald Trump from running for the Presidency. Section 3 of the 14th, also known as the “disqualification clause is explicitly mandates that a public official is not eligible to assume public office if they “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against” the United States, or had “given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof,” unless they are granted amnesty by a two-thirds vote of Congress. [Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment]
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/donald-trump-constitutionally-prohibited-presidency/675048/
“Section 3 forbids the former president from holding the office of the presidency again because of his conduct in and around January 6, 2021,” Judge Luttig . explained to Ali Velsi on MSNBC, August 19th. Lawrence Tribe also on, pointed out –“ it’s not a sanction against an individual, the framers of the 14th Amendment took great care not to treat this as a punishment … Nobody has a right to be president without meeting the qualifications.” Tribe further explained “enforcement is the responsibility of Secretaries of State,” because Trump cannot be on ballots.
From: The Sweep and Force of Section Three
University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Vol. 172, Forthcoming
Section 3 remains an enforceable part of the Constitution… is self-executing, operating as an immediate disqualification from office, without the need for additional action by Congress. It can and should be enforced by every official, state or federal, who judges qualifications… it repeals/supersedes all conflicts.. covers a broad range of conduct against the authority of the constitutional order, including instances of indirect participation or support as “aid or comfort.” It covers a broad range of former offices, including the Presidency. In particular, it disqualifies DJT, and others involved in the J6 attempted overthrow of President Biden’s election.
Four Secretaries of State have already organized to formulate an approach to establish the Fourteenth, Section 3, is the controlling Constitutional Authority, and this supersedes State election law. So expect this will become a clusterfuck, when enforced, that SCOTUS will have to arbitrate. However, keep in mind, when Putin’s Puppet twice went to SCOTUS to overturn Biden’s election based on fictitious assertions of fraud, even this Court considered his attempts too frivolous to consider.