Numerous legal cases haven't been able to stop the steam engine train that is former President Donald Trump running for office, but new questions have emerged about whether the 14th Amendment could bar him from the Oval Office.
According to the On Deadline podcast that you can hear above, the questions surrounding Trump’s eligibility stem from a paper recently published and written by two law professors who claim the 14th amendment revokes Trump’s ability to run.
Summed up, the amendment says if a person has taken an oath to obey the Constitution while serving as an elected official and then participated in an insurrection or rebellion against the U.S., they are barred from holding federal office.
That is, unless two-thirds of the House and Senate give them amnesty.
Which most likely wouldn’t happen for Trump. But how do voters feel about it?
POLITICO put that question to the test, polling 1,967 registered voters online from Sept. 23-25. And a majority of those polled said they were willing to support an effort to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot.
"After a series of questions about the Constitution and Trump’s conduct after the 2020 presidential election, 51 percent said the 14th Amendment prohibits Trump from running again because he engaged in insurrection, compared with 34 percent who said the opposite," POLITICO reported.
Additionally, when asked if they believed Trump “engaged in insurrection or rebellion,” 51 percent said either definitely or probably yes, and 35 percent said definitely or probably no.
This poll comes as a GOP-led committee in the House of Representatives opened an inquiry into the possible impeachment of President Joe Biden over claims that his family benefited from the covert business dealings of son Hunter. The first meeting yesterday ended after six hours and three witnesses for Republicans who each said they couldn't provide any clear, impeachable evidence against Biden.
