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Democrats quietly explore barring Trump from office over Jan. 6
The Hill ^ | 01/06/22 001 AM EST | BY JOHN KRUZEL -

Posted on 01/06/2022 7:46:51 AM PST by RandFan

In the year since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, a handful of Democrats, constitutional scholars and pro-democracy advocates have been quietly exploring how a post-Civil War amendment to the Constitution might be used to disqualify former President Trump from holding office again.

Calls for Congress to take steps to strip Trump of his eligibility, which reached a crescendo in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riot, have since decreased. But those who remain engaged on the issue say discussions about applying Section 3 of the 14th Amendment have been ongoing.

“If anything, the idea has waxed and waned,” said Laurence Tribe, a constitutional expert at Harvard Law School. “I hear it being raised with considerable frequency these days both by media commentators and by members of Congress and their staffs, some of whom have sought my advice on how to implement Section 3.”

An analysis by The Hill found that around a dozen Democratic lawmakers have spoken either publicly or privately over the last year about how Section 3 of the 14th Amendment might apply to those who engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6.

Among those whose offices have spoken recently with Tribe are Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), who sits on the Jan. 6 House Select Committee; Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), who chairs the powerful House Judiciary Committee; and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.).

“I continue to explore all legal paths to ensure that the people who tried to subvert our democracy are not in charge of it,” Wasserman Schultz told The Hill.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ips; jamieraskin; jerrynadler; johnkruzel; laurencetribe; nadler; raskin; thehill; theshill; theswill; tribe; wassermanschultz
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To: ActresponsiblyinVA
We are on the way to becoming a banana republic.

On the way? I'd say that train arrived a long time ago.

41 posted on 01/06/2022 8:16:33 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: RandFan

They are ABSOLUTELY scared shitless of Trump.


42 posted on 01/06/2022 8:17:20 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: unixfox

They are ABSOLUTELY scared shitless of Trump.

Wrong. They are scared of 90 million Trump voters.


43 posted on 01/06/2022 8:17:52 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: RandFan

This is and was always the plan.

From the multiple impeachments - to the NY “crimes investigation” - now Pelosi is willing to tear up the constitution like she did Trumps speech (also a federal document) to further entrench the Democratic Party.

The DNC is a threat to our Republic.


44 posted on 01/06/2022 8:18:53 AM PST by Skywise
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To: cotton1706

Forgot to add- the left is out for revenge for the impeachment of Clinton, then Gore losing, and then people bringing up Obama eligibility issues, then for Hillary losing.

The left are vicious revenge-filled people who will rain down their revenge 1000 fold, relentlessly.

They are engaged in a .violent hostile takeover of this country... no more pretenses... they have taken the masks off and are going full on communism, openly and brazenly now.


45 posted on 01/06/2022 8:20:34 AM PST by Bob434
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To: RandFan

This would backfire.
Hopefully it makes up for Trumps vaccine love mistake.
By 2023 may it all be water under the bridge.

I’m wishing for some good news this day.


46 posted on 01/06/2022 8:21:26 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
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To: bigbob

Well,if our side controls both house and senate, they left can do their little foot stompymthing all they like- it’ll be amusing to watch actually.


47 posted on 01/06/2022 8:22:05 AM PST by Bob434
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To: RandFan

“ “I continue to explore all legal paths to ensure that the people who tried to subvert our democracy are not in charge of it,” Wasserman Schultz told The Hill.”

Kind of ironic that these same people are trying to subvert democracy by using legal means to bar a former President from being elected to office again, even if the majority of Electoral votes are cast for him.


48 posted on 01/06/2022 8:22:25 AM PST by XRdsRev (Justice for Bernell Trammell, Trump supporter, murdered in 2020)
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To: ScaniaBoy

Exactly! The left are nasty, vile vicious people who are now ruling via communist dictate


49 posted on 01/06/2022 8:23:47 AM PST by Bob434
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To: odawg

Good,point. The left are already attacking desantis every chance they get. It’ll get much much worse if he becomes president

Our side could put a pregnant (but who is going to abort her baby) lesbian black transgender woman who dresses like a soy boy in as president, (not that we ever would,,) and the left will be nearly as vicious to her as they are to all republican presidents


50 posted on 01/06/2022 8:28:28 AM PST by Bob434
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To: RandFan

But let’s be very clear. Jan 6 was not an insurrection. NO ONE has been charged with insurrection, treason of sedition. People who didn’t enter the Capitol have been thrown into solitary confinement for 49 days. Garland claims to have viewed 20,000 hours of security footage. That’s the same footage the DOJ is refusing to release to the defense attorneys. There is little doubt that much exculpatory evidence exists on those videos.

There are a lot more questions which need to be answered before any conclusions can be reached.

Why was the National Guard not mobilized? Trump authorized it.

There are a zillion video surveillance cameras around the Capitol. There are allegedly 20,000 hours of video and yet no one seems to have any interest in the “pipe bomber.”

Federal authorities have yet to explain why three armed protesters were removed from the FBI Most Wanted List.

https://www.floppingaces.net/2022/01/06/the-jan-6-committee-clown-show-opens-today/


51 posted on 01/06/2022 8:35:27 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: maddog55

Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is why they keep calling 1/6 an “insurrection”.


52 posted on 01/06/2022 8:37:36 AM PST by MileHi ((Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: RandFan

2/3rds vote in both houses

This is a dumb conversation...


53 posted on 01/06/2022 8:37:44 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: cotton1706

Because if he gets it again, they’re through!

Trump learns from his mistakes, if elected again
he won’t repeat them.

They are terrified of having to pay for their crimes.

Do not doubt for a second that if they can pull this
CRIME off again they will be satisfied with just going
after him, you and I, and everyone here will be in
range. Everything we have said, everything we have
posted will be used against us at our tribunal.
The history of the left is replete with examples.


54 posted on 01/06/2022 8:41:30 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Savage Beast

“When the Republicans take the House and Senate this coming November, they will reverse everything the evil Democrats do.”

I think you’re dreaming.
When republicans take over the house and senate there will be no changes. Except for the media which will suddenly turn hostile to the tactics that the democrats exercised freely.

I’d like to think that the republicans taking over will change the direction of what’s coming. But I’ve not seen any evidence of it.


55 posted on 01/06/2022 8:44:56 AM PST by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: RandFan; All

They’ve been exploring it since ladt year. Nothing new but they think a simple non binding resolution labeling 1-6-21 as an insurrection would suffice. Trump would have to fight it in court probably in every state trying to keep him off the ballot. If he runs in ‘24 we may be in for interesting times if he’s barred from running anywhere for partisan nonsense


56 posted on 01/06/2022 8:55:27 AM PST by newzjunkey (“We Did It Joe!” - The Taliban)
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To: bigbob

You’re right. Trump will be as much if not more so a perpetual target as he was with his win in 2016. 2016 was endless Russia, Russia, Russia and other things. 2024 would not be pretty and I expect SDNY is setting up a “surprise” if he announced candidacy


57 posted on 01/06/2022 8:57:57 AM PST by newzjunkey (“We Did It Joe!” - The Taliban)
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To: newzjunkey

You think it would be any better if it was DeSantis. Get this through your head, it’s not about Trump, it never was, it’s about anybody who stands in their way of absolute power. They’ll just switch up the tactics depending on who it is.


58 posted on 01/06/2022 9:00:20 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: RandFan

LOL! Hilarious how desperate they are.


59 posted on 01/06/2022 9:02:32 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: cotton1706

GREAT post!


60 posted on 01/06/2022 9:49:20 AM PST by Lakeside Granny (Vote RED~R.emove E.very D.emocrat~D&S)
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