Donald Trump was excluded from voting in the Republican presidential primaries in Colorado, scheduled for March 5, after the Supreme Court applied the 14th amendment. This provides that public officials who have sworn to uphold the Constitution will be banned from future office if they are involved in an “insurrection” or “riot.” “Wrong” and “anti-democratic”, was how Trump’s team commented on the judges’ decision. , announcing feature. The matter will probably end up at the Federal Supreme Court.
The 14th Amendment, adopted in 1868 after the American Civil War, is dedicated to citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws. It has only been applied twice since 1919. Section Three was introduced to prevent any civil or military officer who had served in the United States before the Civil War from regaining positions of authority after betraying their country by supporting the Southern Confederacy.
The text says: “No person shall be a senator or representative in Congress, or an elector for the President or Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, in the United States, or in any State, if, having previously taken the oath of office, as 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 defend the Constitution of the United States, must have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same (Constitution ), or will have given help or comfort to his enemies. But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
Source: IL Tempo
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