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Defined in the constitution. a consist of levying arms against the union, for at a hearing to the enemies here of. there -- even jefferson divisions, so interesting, the people say that section three does not apply to the 14th amendment. section -- jefferson davis, when he was tried for treason in virginia, claimed, iranians sly and unsuccessfully, that he could not be tried for treason, because he already was guilty under section three at the 14th amendment, and, therefore, it was being punishe...

But she was right in suspending the effect of her decision pending an appeal to the superior court of maine, recognizing that she doesnt have unilateral authority to make this decision. >> donald trumps new main lawyer is leaning on the statutes in maine, saying that those statutes only give the secretary of state authority to do things like make sure he has enough signatures to be on the ballot, requires thousands of signatures, make sure his address is correct, kind of clerical things like tha...

Its equally important. its perhaps the most important qualification. and there is nothing in a lot, either state or federal, that draws a distinction between disqualification that are simple to apply like age, or those that are more complicated to apply like whether you are an insurrectionist. there is no principal basis for treating them differently unless we say that hard questions are not to be put by the constitution of united states to public officials. what it all comes down to, all of the...

This is the test of textualism and originalism on the supreme court. do the self defying textualists and original us really believe their own rhetoric? because the language is completely straightforward. when the radical republicans who put this in the consultation started, it was far broader. it was total disenfranchisement forever of anybody who participated in rebellion or succession or insurrection. when i got to the senate, they said that is way too broad, lets narrow it to the people who w...

By now, says any officer of the government that has engaged in insurrection is disqualified from holding office again. page eight of donald trumps maine lawsuit filed tonight says president trump did not engage in insurrection. and it says section three of the 14th amendment bars persons otherwise subjected to its disqualification from holding specified offices, not from running for them. or from being elected to them. the simple nine-page lawsuit asks the court require the secretary to immediat...

Section three at the 14th amendment. its just stating a qualification or a disqualification for serving in federal or state office after you have engaged in insurrection or rebellion. >> what is your sense of how this plays out? donald trump has built everything as his legal right to do, that he has the ability to reveal the d. c. court of appeals, quite central these days, well be hearing from them a couple of times. at some point, we are probably going to miss the dates by which the federal tr...

Wire is now president trump is asking u.s. supreme court to intervene after the colorado ballot disqualification, this according to attorney for mr. trump, again they are looking at the whole main thing when he was taken off that states ballot, so all of this could go to the highest court in t the land. tom dupree, former deputy assistant attorney general kind enough to sort of pick this a part where we stand. what do you think of all of this, tom? >> this is an expected move fro. there is no qu...

Contradiction between judicial decision and parliamentary legislation set to be resolved

The U.S. Supreme Court may need to decide whether the Amendment, left largely unclarified since the Civil War, applies to the former president.

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