There’s been a lot of discussion recently about whether or not Donald Trump should be disqualified from running for office again due to the Fourteenth Amendment’s bar against anyone who previously swore an oath to defend the Constitution but later “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the [Constitution], or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”
Each decent citizen of a state who puts trump on the ballot has standing to sue the Secretary of State and attempt to have him barred. This should happen the instant the ballot is out.
Much as I loathe Trump, he is the choice of millions of voters. To use technical legal maneuvers to deprive them of their right to vote for their choice under these circumstances just seems undemocratic to me. And it is quite likely to lead to real violence and bloodshed, even possibly civil war.
Each decent citizen of a state who puts trump on the ballot has standing to sue the Secretary of State and attempt to have him barred. This should happen the instant the ballot is out.
Much as I loathe Trump, he is the choice of millions of voters. To use technical legal maneuvers to deprive them of their right to vote for their choice under these circumstances just seems undemocratic to me. And it is quite likely to lead to real violence and bloodshed, even possibly civil war.