Section 3, Amendment 14

[pbmus]

Section 3, Amendment 14. Clear as a bell.
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

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When will we come to our collective consciousness and do what’s right?

[biophile]

1. Were there any electors chosen this cycle that have been convicted?

Or any elected Representatives?

[2naSalit]

2. I think there was...

At least one of each. I think they were in Ohio and Michigan but I'm not sure about that part. Might be some from texas too.

[pbmus]

4. The word convicted is not in the Amendment

We all know that political forces have influenced our judicial system to the extent of destroying our democracy so your argument doesn’t apply.

[WarGamer]

3. The only mechanisms we have to judge whether one engaged in insurrection is the Courts

And Trump never faced the music... so I think this is irrelevant.

[pbmus]

5. My eyes and ears saw and heard the truth

And if the truth is irrelevant then we are doomed

[Initech]

7. And even if he did, the worst SCOTUS in history would clear him.

[appmanga]

6. I'm old enough to remember when the Supreme Court decided a case about this

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-719_19m2.pdf

[maxsolomon]

8. I feel like we hashed this out in March.

When Colorado tried to keep MFer off the ballot. It lost that effort.

This section is just "aspirational"; there is no mechanism to enforce it but Impeachment & Conviction.

[tritsofme]

9. What do you propose be done?

[Clouds Passing]

10. Just a piece of paper