Thursday, July 19, 2018

Fourteenth Amendment Solutions

Many denizens of the Interwebz, casting about for lawful means by which we might rid ourselves of the wannabe kleptocrat in the White House, have raised the idea of "Twenty-fifth Amendment Solutions," referring to the mechanism for removing from office a president who is incapable of carrying out his duties.  (Brad DeLong, for example.)

Apropos of my previous post on treason, it seem pertinent to mention "Fourteenth Amendment Solutions."  Specifically:
Section 3. 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.
I wonder how many Senators, Representatives, and executive branch employees might face disqualification should a jury be persuaded that Russia's activities against the United States constitute actual hostilities.

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