Should politicians be subject to disqualification under Constitution's ban on 'insurrectionists'?

[L. Coyote]

Should certain politicians be subject to disqualification under the Constitution's ban on 'insurrectionists'?

Some critics say GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn's Jan. 6 actions disqualify him.

A group of voters in North Carolina is challenging Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn's eligibility to run for reelection, arguing his actions on Jan. 6 and support for overturning the election disqualifies him under a constitutional clause barring any federal official who has "engaged in insurrection" from holding office.

"I think there's certainly enough evidence on the public record as it now stands for a finding that he engaged in, assisted, aided and abetted the insurrection on and surrounding Jan. 6," said Robert Orr, a former North Carolina Supreme Court justice and one of the lawyers representing the voters challenging Cawthorn, a conservative firebrand and diehard Donald Trump supporter.

Enacted after the Civil War, the Disqualification Clause in the 14th Amendment bars any person from holding federal office who has previously taken an oath to protect the Constitution -- including a member of Congress -- who has "engaged in insurrection" against the United States or "given aid or comfort" to its "enemies."

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[choie]

1. of course!!

n/t

[Claire Oh Nette]

2. Yes.

Every single one of them, starting with Cruz, Biggs, Gosar, Cawthorn, and the rest of the "freedom Caucus America first neochristonazis.

All 143 congressmen who voted to against confirming on January 6 are as guilty of insurrection as the mouth breathers who stormed the Capitol and smeared their own feces on the walls.

[Walleye]

3. We have to get mean and use every trick in the book. Look at what the Republicans are doing

to the school boards. Lawsuit after lawsuit. We Democrats are more interested in actually governing. Republicans concentrate only on punishing their perceived enemies. We have real enemies we need to use every legal weapon we have

[grumpyduck]

4. Since you asked,

and in my totally non-biased humble opinion, HELL YES!!!!

Anybody who takes an oath to protect the Constitution and then pulls this shit should be thrown in prison.

[Jerry2144]

5. Of course

And it can be implemented by asking one question on camera (wording can be a little different) "Did Joe Biden legitimately win the election for POTUS in 2020?" A yes answer means the person is not an insurrectionist and is eligible to run. This should be applied to all states and territories.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Idiots who tried to overthrow our country do not belong on the ballot

[C_U_L8R]

7. I like the old-fashioned way of dealing with traitors and insurrectionists.

[Effete Snob]

8. Because they would win?

The bottom line is that if we have to disqualify traitors from running, because otherwise they would win elections, then it's time to think about what democracy means.

[L. Coyote]

9. Remember the Civil War?

That kind of shit happens in a democracy, and we don't want to go there again.

[Demsrule86]

10. I would imagine a conviction is required.

[2naSalit]

11. Hell yeah. ...nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. Madison Cawthorn panics that voters are "actually very close" to blocking him from running for reele

Link to tweet

[FreepFryer]

13. If an insurrectionist is an "enemy," treat him as an "enemy combatant" after we 14th him (Nt)