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Will be interesting to see what mental gymnastics self-proclaimed “originalist” Supreme Court Justices will use to argue that #section3 of the #14thamendment does not disqualify Trump from holding the office of U.S. president. Here’s an excellent amicus brief from leading experts on the history of the provision and how it was understood by people at the time of its adoption. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/ #LawFedi #TrumpVAnderson #RuleOfLaw #14thAmendmentSection3 #history

"Section 3 was enacted for such a time as this, and for such a figure as Trump."

Our #Constitution gives us tools to protect against those who undermine our democracy, and we must use them.

Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill writes in a powerful amicus brief to #scotus in Trump v. Anderson, the case that may determine whether Donald Trump would be eligible to hold office.

#Section3 of the #14th Amendment is the #constitutional provision at the heart of the appeal before the justices. Oral arguments are set for next Thursday.

This section bans insurrectionists from office who previously swore to support the Constitution, isn’t a “historical relic” but rather was “designed to ensure that the ambitious rights that the 14th Amendment guarantees can withstand the resistance that its framers knew was sure to recur — not just in the immediate post-War period, but far into the future.

msnbc.com/deadline-white-house

MSNBC · Sherrilyn Ifill: Trump's attempt to thwart the 2020 election informs his presidential ballot caseBy Jordan Rubin

Old story but newly relevant:

2 nonprofit groups Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Washington (#CREW) & Free Speech for People (#FSFP), have prepared multipronged #legal strategies to challenge #Trump across the country under #Section3 of the #14thAmendment. They have written letters to state election officials calling on them to block Trump from the ballot, while separately preparing voter lawsuits & state election board complaints.

#Jan6 #Insurrection
washingtonpost.com/politics/20

The Washington PostTrump team prepares to fight efforts to block him from ballots over Jan. 6 By Michael Scherer

"authors of a law review article regarding #Section3 of the #14thAmendment...

have driven home the implications of Section 3: that all officials with a role in the presidential election process must consider disqualifying Donald #Trump from the 2024 ballot if they find he “either ‘engaged in #insurrection or rebellion’ against the Constitution or gave ‘aid and comfort to the enemies’ of that Constitution.”"
washingtonpost.com/opinions/20

"Two legal scholars... in a well-regarded & deeply researched law-review article... as well as former conservative jurist J. Michael Luttig and constitutional guru... Laurence H. Tribe, have made the powerful case that Trump is barred from holding federal office.

...because #Trump “engaged in #insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof,” he is automatically #disqualified under #Section3 of the #14thAmendment"
washingtonpost.com/opinions/20

“People don’t realize that ‘the cloud’ is real...” says Aurora Gómez, ...“People are not aware of the amount of water that goes into watching a kitten meme.”
Meanwhile Jeff Dean was mad cause our #Section3 of Stochastic Parrots talked about the environmental impacts of LLMs and not how "carbon neutral" Google was 🙄

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20