The Post-Civil War Origins of the 14th Amendment's Disqualification Clause
Lawmakers drafted Section 3 of the 14th Amendment as a means to block former Confederate officers who were elected to office.
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Lawmakers drafted Section 3 of the 14th Amendment as a means to block former Confederate officers who were elected to office.
The U.S Supreme Court will decide whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the 2024 presidential ballot. AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib Wayne Unger, Quinnipiac University Filing late in the day to meet the Jan. 18, 2024, deadline, former President Donald Trump submitted a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court that asked the justices to […]
The first shoe has dropped in the Supreme Court’s process of considering whether Donald Trump is eligible to be president.
Assistant Law Prof. Wayne Unger of the Quinnipiac University School of Law breaks down the case before the U.S. Supreme Court, for which justices will decide whether to uphold the Colorado court's decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the presidential ballot in Colorado this year. Similar cases are under way in 20 other states.
With a conservative majority on the bench, experts warn the justices could face scrutiny as they weigh election cases.