Page 224 - 14th Amendment News Today

Carefully, apply the law, and were comfortable with the outcome. >> eric olson, thank you very much for joining us tonight. >> thanks, abby. happy to be here. joining me now is democratic congressman dan goldman of new york. hes on the house oversight committee. he was lead majority council in the first impeachment inquiry against former president trump. congressman goldman, thanks for joining us tonight. i want to get to your concerns about another justice, justice clarence thomas in just a m...

Section 3 has a standard to meet: don’t engage in insurrection or rebellion or aid people in doing so. It’s kind of a low bar.

Disqualification for being president, because you choose to be in it, unlike somebody who is born abroad or happens to be just in their twenties, like my colleague, maxwell frost, who might make a great president, but is constitutionally disqualified, the same way that donald trump is. >> let me get you on one more thing, before i let you go. trumps lawyers, and even some of his supporters say section three at the 14th amendment, should not apply to him because it is not specifically say the off...

You know, especially in hard cases -- and this is a hard case, you know. the reason why this case is difficult is because the particular provision of the constitution, section 3 of the 14th amendment, deals with what happens if an official who formerly was in very high office then engages in an insurrection against the united states. we were very fortunate as a country that that has not happened very much. >> true. >> so theres no case law on it. and the problem with cases where there isnt a law...

Congressman dan goldman of new york. he is on the house oversight committee. and was lead majority counsel in the first impeachment inquiry against former president trump. congressman goldman, thanks for joining us tonight. i want to get to your concerns about another justice, justice clarence thomas in just a moment. but as the supreme court is taking up now this very important case on the 14th amendment, trumps attorney, alina hobb, special called out justice brett kavanaugh as the reason that...

Will it mean that the supreme court says that, listen, its not a states issue, its up to the federal government, and until congress passes a law which indicates how this is resolved that were going to stay out of it? will they say we conclude that the 14th amendment should be more definitive and until or unless it is, well stay out of it again? so i dont know that theyre going to reach a conclusion as to whether the president engaged in an insurrection, whether there was an insurrection. so my e...

So they set up thiimd thes narrs and they began using the word. and i rememberini rememb the fio i heard the words insurrection, thinking, well, thats bizarrerd . why would they be using the words insurrection until the whole thing gets tiewhold te neatly with the 14th amendment? it has to be an insurrection, because thos 1it hase the wordse 14th amendment, but the coughable nature comparing january 6th to the civil warmpnu and also the demeaningary 6t. you know, we recently had a candidate ask ...

Trump engaged in a fake elector scheme to keep himself illegitimately in power which, in effect, amounted to a concerted effort to subvert the Electoral College process

14th amendment started to flow, was all of you secretaries of state who run elections across the country were conscious of the fact that any decision you take will be challenged in other courts. in your state supreme courts, and the supreme court of the united states. how did that influence your decision making, understanding this was not a routine decision for you, this is possibly one of the most consequential decisions you and other secretaries of state will ever make in the history of this c...

Direct. that is what we will do under the law and the constitution, which is the only consideration we could have. >> and i notice you said this a few times. thats where you have decided what youre going to be driven by. there are differing opinions in the united states, even in your own state, its elicited a mix of reactions, even among the democratic representatives. congressman gerry goldman said, i have voted to impeach donald trump for his role in the january six insurrection. i do not beli...