FTA:
Two conservative legal scholars, members of the Federalist Society in good standing, have just published an audacious argument: that Donald Trump is constitutionally prohibited from running for president, and that state election officials have not only the authority but the legal obligation to prevent his name from appearing on the ballot.
The legal paper, authored by University of Chicago professor William Baude and University of St. Thomas professor Michael Stokes Paulsen, centers on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment — a provision that limits people from returning to public office if they have since “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” or “given aid or comfort” to those who have. Baude and Paulsen argue that this clearly covers Trump’s behavior between November 2020 and January 2021.
“The most politically explosive application of Section Three to the events of January 6, is at the same time the most straightforward,” Baude and Paulsen write. “Former President Donald J. Trump is constitutionally disqualified from again being President (or holding any other covered office) because of his role in the attempted overthrow of the 2020 election and the events leading to the January 6 attack.”
Why does the “Jan 6th commitee” matter at all?
Did you happen to watch the televised portion of it? It was honestly amazing. It was like a legal case that went into detail from all different aspects of that day and what trump did that day and leading up to it. They explained everything that happened on the capitol at any given time and where, how close some statesmen got to the mob, how the mob spread out and what they were doing. It matters because they put in the work to investigate and put the time-line all together. It painted the full picture and it was straight facts.
Discrediting them is just discrediting the facts. That’s why it matters.