Let’s Test Our Constitution

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People who have been reading my posts and comments know that I’ve been making the case that elected officials who provide aid or comfort to the insurrectionists of January 6th are holding office illegally, in violation of the 14th amendment Section 3.

These words clearly say that such officials are ineligible to BE officials. Here are the exact words:

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. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

Now, despite the clear wording of this amendment, I’ve heard many objections to enforcing it.

1. The Constitution provides no mechanism for enforcement.
2. Acting on this amendment is not politically feasible.
3. January 6th was not an insurrection.
4. The officials did not actually provide…