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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]However they decide, fact remains that Trump has been so damaging to political norms that this question even has to come up.

Would an expert on the history of the 14th amendment say that the possibility of a president being involved in an insurrection and then running again would not have been considered? [/quote]

I don't think an expert would say that. I think there are historians who filed amicus briefs who said exactly the opposite -- that the drafters of the 14th Amendment specifically intended that it would, among other things, prevent Jefferson Davis from becoming President of the United States. [/quote]

Jefferson Davis himself understood he could not run for office because of the 14th amendment so he didn't run. He wasn't prosecuted for treason because people thought if he were acquitted then he'd be able to run for Senate again in the South which would have been disastrous.[/quote]

I was thinking in terms of someone whose oath of office had been as President, which would not apply to Davis (also, from what I gather, there were a lot of factors that resulted in Davis not being prosecuted). Trump had never made any other oath.

Kind of a good argument for naturalized citizens to be eligible to run because they DO have to swear to defend the Constitution to become citizens. [/quote]

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