(This is an opinion piece. These are my educated opinions on any possible or probable outcome(s). As always, I do not support any illegal or unconstitutional activities.)
Hello everyone! This topic is about the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution, Section 3, and the upcoming “interpretation” of it by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS).
It will be interesting to see whether the conservatives (with a 6-3 supermajority) will uphold this Amendment and Section. The wording of this Section makes it very clear that no office (which is a position, or employment) can be held in any State in the Union (all 50) or with the federal government (military or civilian), by any person who engaged in insurrection, or supported or gave aid and comfort to those who did. Now there is no danger of MAGA’s undisputed leader joining the military (as he, on several occasions, deliberately avoided that). Otherwise, he would have been a proud member of the Armed Forces I am sure… being such a patriot and all. However, him becoming President of the United States (POTUS) again is a very real threat.
Putting aside the literal wording that says he cannot be POTUS or hold any position for the government, let’s try to put it in a “common sense” interpretation for SCOTUS. If a person can’t hold any position (office) in any State or in the federal government, do you think that our forefathers’ intent was to make an exception so that the person in charge can be an Insurrectionist? Going off the “originality” of our forefathers’ intent (a concept that conservatives like to use), I would argue that there is no doubt whatsoever that they did not want Insurrectionists holding any governmental position. The most powerful one especially!
Here is the complete wording of the 14th Amendment, Section 3, in the Constitution:
“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 and comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such a disability.”
On first brush, and on a deep dive into the wording of the Constitution, it is evident that there is no doubt of what the framers of the Constitution meant by this. It makes it clear that anyone involved, or supportive of those involved, in Insurrection are not eligible to hold any employment with the State or Federal governments.
Let me know your thoughts on this.
And then let’s see what SCOTUS says…
