The 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump

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12. We made an ask about that for the new week's Call to Action email.

It’s our Wednesday ask. It’s a good one, and I hope it spreads! Anybody who's interested, by all means give it a test-drive! It can't hurt to have more people asking this of their Congressional reps.

Trump cannot be president again - ever.
Section Three of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution could not be clearer: “No person shall … hold any office … under the United States who, having previously taken an oath to support the Constitution … shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion.” While Trump took an oath to reserve, protect and defend the Constitution, he violated that oath by planning and executing an insurrection in an attempt to take over the government. Recently, two well-known conservative legal scholars, both members of the Federalist Society, made the case in a law review article that Trump is constitutionally barred from serving in public office because of Section Three of the 14th Amendment. We know he must not be president again. So, what to do? We hammer our state election officials, who have the authority to bar him from the ballot, to do so. And let’s get Congress to pass legislation to keep him off the ballot.

(Use one or more of the bullet points below to compose your message)

Sens. Wyden/Merkley, Reps. Blumenauer/Chavez-Deremer Talking Points: Hi. My name is _______ and I live in __________(include ZIP Code).

- Section Three of the 14th Amendment prohibits Trump from holding office ever again;
- Congress does indeed have the authority to pass legislation to forbid Trump from holding office.
- America will not survive another four years of Trump as president, and neither will our precious democracy!
- The 2024 election will be before we know it and Trump will continue with the “Big Lie” unless we get him booted off the ballot.
- Speak to your colleagues on both sides of the aisle about this important matter and make it clear to the Republicans that they need to put country over party.

https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/4155537-the-constitution-bars-trump-from-holding-public-office-ever-again/ - The Hill - The Constitution bars Trump from ever holding public office again
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/past-14th-amendment-disqualifications/ - Citizens for Ethics - The precedent for 14th amendment disqualifications
https://www.vox.com/23828477/trump-2024-14th-amendment-banned - Vox.com - The Constitutional case that Trump is already banned from being president again