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Now that U.S. President Donald Trump has been impeached by the House of Representatives a second time, keeping him from holding office again could be Congress' next step.

Read more about Over and out for Trump? How he could be barred from holding office again on Business Standard. US President Donald Trump has been impeached by the House of Representatives a second time

On Jan. 6, white supremacists brought their insurrection-induced mob to the U.S. Capitol building for a coup attempting to reverse the legitimate results of the 2020 election. In the aftermath, there are calls for the 14th Amendment Section 3 to expel members of Congress for their actions and words in support of what transpired. Namely, Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz. Before that happens, everyone needs to take a real look at Section 3, when and why it was ratified, and how it has been undermined.

The president could be targeted with Section Three of the 14th Amendment for inciting an insurrection at the Capitol — an option that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi raised in a letter to House members.

There’s an alternative to impeachment or 25th Amendment for Trump, historians say Michael Rosenwald © iStock/iStock This is a copy of the cover of the U.S. Constitution. (iStock) As a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol last week, Eric Foner, one of the nation’s premier Civil War historians, watched in horror. “I was watching just like anyone else, with my mouth hanging open,” he said in an interview. But his mind quickly shifted to history, specifically the little-known history of a little-known provision of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Th...