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Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits anyone who has previously taken an oath of office (that is, most current and former public officials) from holding public office if they have “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the United States. That raises the question of whether any of the persons who took part in unlawful efforts to block the transition of presidential office in

At this point, you can almost smell the desperation in the air on the left as the 2024 primaries approach. In Colorado, the liberal group CREW (hilariously named “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington”) has filed a lawsuit seeking to keep Donald Trump off the ballot in that state based on a dubious new interpretation of the 14th Amendment. If this move is somehow approved, it

A Colorado judge on Friday ruled in favor of former President Donald Trump in a case that had sought to keep him off the state's ballot for allegedly inciting an "insurrection" against the United States. Denver Judge Sarah B. Wallace issued the ruling, asserting that Trump was not ineligible for office under the 14th Amendment, according to the New York Times. Citizens for Responsibility and

Whether former President Trump instigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack is at the core of a Colorado lawsuit seeking to disqualify him from the state’s 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment’s “insurrection clause.”  

Opening remarks in the trial began Monday, where a lawyer for the plaintiffs – Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and six Colorado voters –