Colorado judge keeps Trump on 2024 primary ballot as latest 14th Amendment case falters

[dpibel]

49. You've presumed your conclusion

The 14th doesn't say, "has been convicted of the crime of insurrection."

At best, you're reading that into it.

The judge did not, and obviously could not, convict him of a crime, what with this being in the nature of a civil proceeding and all.

That does not, however, preclude the judge from finding, based on the evidence at trial, that he participated in an insurrection for purposes of the 14th.

Your mileage clearly varies, and neither of us will convince the other. So if you need a parting shot, fire away.

On edit: Do those who advocate the "must be convicted" position really believe that the drafters of the 14th contemplated that there would be some vast number of trials in which it had to be proven BRD that any give Confederate was guilty of the crime of insurrection? And that they would overlook putting that requirement into the Amendment?