Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) did not foreclose on Thursday the option of invoking the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to bar former President Donald Trump from holding office again. “We’re first going to finish the impeachment trial and then Democrats will get together and discuss where we go next,” Schumer told reporters at the U.S. Capitol when asked about the possibility of using the amendment if the Senate acquits Trump, as it is expected to do. Section three of the Amendment says that no one shall serve in Congress or become president or vice president, among other positions, if they have previously taken an oath as a federal or state official but “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” “The Congress shall have power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article,” the amendment states. …
Schumer Leaves Open Invoking 14th Amendment to Bar Trump From Office
February 12, 2021
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