California State Assemblymember Evan Low (D-Silicon Valley) is leading a group of Democrats in asking California Attorney General Rob Bonta to ask a court to boot former President Donald Trump from the 2024 primary ballot.
The effort is based on a long-shot theory, embraced by Democrats and Never Trump Republicans, that Trump can be barred from public office based on Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which applies to those who “shall have engaged in insurrection” against the U.S. But the language of the amendment does not clearly apply to the president, and many rioters at the Capitol believed they were trying to uphold the Constitution, not rebel against it.
Moreover, Democratic officials in other states have declined to exclude Trump — notably Arizona’s secretary of state, who said state law prevents officials from barring Trump from the ballot under the Fourteenth Amendment.
...but the move should be fought to prevent other states in control of 'our democrat-cy' in other states from doing the same.
Absolutely right.
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