Trump: Insurrection Clause Doesn’t Apply To Presidents

Law & Crime reports:

Attorneys for Donald Trump this week argued that the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause does not and cannot apply to a president, or someone running for president, of the United States.

“Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment does not prohibit someone from running for office—it prohibits someone from holding office, and even then, only if Congress chooses not to lift the prohibition,” a filing by the ex-president’s lawyers reads.

The argument was made in response to a recent series of back-and-forth motions and court orders filed in an ongoing Colorado court case. That case is the first lawsuit of any real consequence that aims to bar the 45th president from appearing on the 2024 ballot.

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