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When it is examined by a Colorado Judge in the context of the 14th Amendment Disqualification clause. It here being, the Office of the President.
In a somewhat contradictory ruling, Colorado District Court Judge Sarah B. Wallace, found that Trump indeed engaged in insurrection on January 6th. Yet somehow that does not disqualify him from running for the highest Office in the land … because that “office” was not explicitly called out in the 14th Amendment Disqualification clause.
As a reminder that Amendment bars “Insurrectionists” from running for office in the United States. Notice the catch-all phrase “or any office … under the United States” ...
Unbelievable. Talk about taking things literally. No ferreting out the “true intent” of the Amendment writers here.
Ben Meiselas of the MeidasTouch was equally shocked by the verdict, just issued.
Judge Makes SHOCKING RULING in Trump DISQUALIFICATION Case
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Judge Wallace found that Trump did indeed engage in Insurrection in Paragraph 298.
Judge Wallace found that Trump did indeed primed his extremist supporters to be strong and take action on January 6th, knowing that such incendiary rhetoric was likely to incite lawlessness and disorder; Paragraph 296.
It’s just that Judge Wallace also found that the Disqualification Amendment does not apply to the Office of the President, because that Office was not specifically called out in the language of the text; Paragraph 299.
The Judge did not find that both of these things were true. Through some debatable legal logic tap-dancing, her finding was that since the Office of President and Vice President were in the initial drafts of the Amendment, but then removed in subsequent drafts — that the intent must have been not to include those Offices under the Disqualification clause.
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Wow. Those technical loopholes sometimes pack a punch, don’t they?
Technically Trump is good to go … and commit insurrection all over again. Next time he won’t be so sloppy in “choosing his advisors” — to support his Constitution of Trump Inc. Whoopsie.
On the plus side, Ben Meiselas thinks that the affirmative rulings that Trump DID engage in Insurrection, by Judge Wallace — should be helpful in the other pending cases against the extremists’ Leader. Hey, silver lining …
So much for defending and protecting the Constitution right now though — maybe someone else, somewhere further down the line, will find the gumption to stand up and protect it from armed and incited Insurrectionists … at some future date, yet to be determined.
And then again … maybe NOT.
No time like next year … they keep saying …
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In the stoic words of the notorious RBG …