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Brilliant summary of the unprecedented issues before the Supreme Court in the coming weeks:

Today's SCOTUS ruling has raised eyebrows for its decision to reach and decide a myriad of constitutional issues surrounding disqualification under the Fourteenth Amendment. According to former Judge John Luttig, the ruling was unprecedented for its decision on a narrow question presented by the case. Professor Laurence Tribe, on the other hand, believes that the ruling reads the 14th Amendment to mean that half of either the House or the Senate can, just by inaction, permit an oath-breaking insurrectionist to hold office, even though Section 3 says it takes two-thirds of both the House and the Senate to lift that ban. It can also be argued that SCOTUS's reliance on 14A Sec 5 power of Congress to enforce Sec 3 is wholly unpersuasive. What are your thoughts on this ruling? Share your views in the comments below. #SCOTUS #ConstitutionalLaw #14thAmendment #Insurrection #Disqualification

The moves to disqualify former President Donald Trump in Colorado and Maine will doubtless force the Supreme Court to confront the obscure Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. In his petition for certiorari, and in particular in Part II of the argument section of the brief, Trump points to, but ultimately shies away from, a disturbing question of constitutional design. The vexing question is what becomes of a constitutional provision that lives beyond its historical context with nothing in either legislation or judicial interpretation to keep it up to date. Section 3 of the 14th amendment, by its text, limits the application of the disqualification to only those who had previously taken an oath as an officeholder of the United States. Leaving aside the interpretive debate on whether the President and Vice President are in fact “officers of the United States” as that term has been understood, the prohibition is an odd one outside of the obvious context of the Civil War. Why would any country forbid election to high office for individuals who have engaged in insurrection or aiding national enemies, but only if they had previously been a member of government? Why prohibit an insurrectionist who had previously served one term in a state legislature from subsequent office-holding, but allow the election of a fellow insurrectionist who may have committed even more egregious acts but merely had been a county commissioner or not held office in the past? https://lnkd.in/epNPdrQm

The 'NOT ELIGIBLE for Office' Rule in the 14th Amendment IS the LAW of the United States of America. ENFORCE IT, for God' sake. Ignoring its clear dictate is not an option! Section 3 of the 14th Amendment —sets certain conduct outside the bounds of what’s acceptable for public officials in a democratic society. Being an INSURRECTIONIST is not acceptable. Being an insurrectionist, even supporting or abetting an insurrection is PROHIBITED. If nothing else, Trump supported and abetted the insurrection by remaining silent for 187 MINUTES - over 3 HOURS! A clear DERELICTION of Presidential DUTY* Congress made that determination not on a whim, but in the years following a bloody conflict that killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and demonstrated just how serious the implications of violating that boundary can be. As a brutal effort to unlawfully derail the peaceful transfer of power, January 6 falls well within the range of conduct forbidden by Section 3. ASK YOURSELF: What message would the Supreme Court send if it closed its eyes to that prohibition—especially in the months before yet another presidential election with the threat of violence hanging over it? *https://lnkd.in/eMpxtcSk

In a country that is increasingly divided along partisan lines, courts are becoming the final arbiter of the most contentious issues. This coincides with a decline in public confidence in the judiciary, as more judges are being appointed for their political views. Do we want judges who simply reflect our partisan perspectives, or do we want wise, experienced jurists committed to following the law and doing justice? This case will pressure test an already embattled Court, three of whom were appointed by the man who is now, potentially, Constitutionally barred from holding the highest office. Does Section 3 of the 14th Amendment apply to the presidency? Does it apply outside the context of the Civil War, which prompted the Amendment’s passage? And did Trump’s obviously unfounded challenge to the 2020 election and encouragement of January 6 constitute insurrection? I don’t think the Supreme Court can duck these issues. And the debate will be…contentious. #elections2024 #constitutionallaw https://lnkd.in/eG5F-RhR

[Donald Trump v Norma Anderson (US Supreme Court)] In an interesting turn of events, the United States Supreme Court yesterday struck down a verdict of the Colorado Supreme Court barring former President Donald Trump from being listed on the ballots for the 2024 US Presidential elections. The judgement is crisp, brief, and most importantly perhaps, unanimous. The Colorado Supreme Court had banned President Trump from contesting the elections on the basis of Section 3, of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. The impugned provision in essence states, that any person who has taken an oath to support the US Constitution during his/her employment as a public official, and who later commits insurrection or rebellion, would be barred from holding public office. The caveat being a 2/3rd vote in the US Congress which can remove such disability for the said person. As per the Colorado Supreme Court, this provision was applicable to President Trump, on account of his alleged involvement in the January 6th riots. The US Supreme Court, in a nutshell, stated: (1) for disqualification from federal office, the 14th Amendment powers need to be delegated to the states and no such delegation has been done; (2) the enforcement of 14th Amendment is to be through a law passed in the Congress, and no such law has been passed; and (3) allowing Colorado and some other states to disqualify a Presidential candidate would lead to patchwork where the candidate shall be on the ballot in some states and not in others, and this would be highly damaging to the electoral process. On these grounds, the majority judgement overturned the Colorado verdict. Other concurring judgements which more or less aligned with the aforementioned grounds were also given by the US Supreme Court. This is perhaps the most impactful judgement of the recent years, and sets the course on how the world will function for the next 4 years. The 2024 elections are going to be incredibly interesting to observe. #judgement #caselaw #casestudy #case #analysis #law #verdict #us #usa #constitution

President Biden and Vice President Harris are once again deceiving Democratic voters. They are proposing a radical overhaul of the Supreme Court, a move that is virtually impossible to achieve. Such an initiative would require a constitutional amendment and the consent of Congress, both of which are highly unlikely. This tactic seems designed to placate the more radical factions of the left, as they appear to be unaware that Biden and Harris are not being honest and recognize their incapacity to implement these changes. However, many Democratic voters tend to accept the assertions made by their party leaders without skepticism, often due to a lack of analytical thinking and an inability to pursue the truth. https://lnkd.in/eyp_p5W2

🚨 President Biden's plan to strip Supreme Court justices of their duties is a dangerous precedent! 🚨 In 2020, President Biden rightly opposed court-packing, but now he's calling for legislation to remove current justices, starting with Justice Clarence Thomas. This move undermines the integrity and independence of our judiciary. As someone who has studied the Supreme Court for decades, I can tell you that this idea is unconstitutional and destructive. Our Constitution guarantees life tenure for justices to ensure judicial independence. Any attempt to impose term limits or disempower justices without the strict standards of impeachment is a threat to our democratic principles. Let's not repeat the mistakes of the past. Court-packing, by any name, is a path to political chaos. We must stand firm against this dangerous proposal. Read more to understand why this matters for our nation's future! 🇺🇸 https://lnkd.in/gYwuVMYN?

A classic example of this style of analysis can be found in the work of James Q. Wilson on bureaucracy. As Wilson notes, there is widespread acknowledgment, across the political spectrum, that there is a prob­lem with bureaucracy in the U.S. government. The surprising thing is that, even though “everybody seems to agree that we ought to do something about the problem of bureaucracy,” nothing ever gets fixed. The reason for this paralysis, Wilson claims, is that “there is not one bureaucracy problem, there are several, and the solution to each is in some degree incompatible with the solution to every other.” The most celebrated example involves the desire to eliminate “red tape,” and yet also improve accountability. Because one person’s red tape is just someone else’s accountability, fixing one problem necessarily worsens the other. And so the bureaucracy problem persists, not through malevolence or indifference, but because reasonable actors are pursuing incompatible objectives.