the author is professor william baud of and michael stokes paulson, active members of the conservative legal group, the federalist society. they are proponents of originalism which aims to determine what the original meaning was intended by the constitution's framers. the 14th amendment was ratified in the wake of the civil war. section 3 says 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 any other state who, having previously taken an oath to support the constitution of the united states, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against 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. the authors argue this section disqualifies former president donald trump, and potentially many others, because of their