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Did Trump eject himself from office?
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Can someone explain to me how Trump is still holding office after pardoning the J6 insurrectionists?

1) Section 3 of the 14th Amendment uses the language ā€œNo person shall ā€¦ hold any officeā€¦ā€ and then lays out the conditions that trigger the disqualification from holding office. Doesnā€™t that ā€œshallā€ make it self-effecting?

2) There isnā€™t much to dispute on the conditions. Trump a) took the oath when he was inaugurated as, b) an officer of the government. Within 24 hours he c) gave aid and comfort to people who had been convicted of Seditious Conspiracy. If freeing them from prison and encouraging them to resume their seditious ways isnā€™t giving ā€œaid and comfortā€ I donā€™t know what is. So, under (1), didnā€™t he instantly put a giant constitutional question mark over his hold on the office of the President?

3) Given that giant constitutional question mark, do we actually have a president at the moment? Not in a petulant, ā€œHeā€™s not my presidentā€ way, but a hard legal fact way. We arguably do not have a president at the moment. Orders as commander in chief may be invalid. Bills he signs may not have the effect of law. And these Executive Orders might be just sheets of paper.

4) The clear remedy for this existential crisis is in the second sentence in section 3: ā€œCongress may, with a 2/3 majority in each house, lift the disqualification.ā€ Congress needs to act, or the giant constitutional question remains.

5) This has nothing to do with ballot access, so the Supreme Courtā€™s ruling on the Colorado ballot matter is just another opinion. The black-and-white text of the Constitution is clear - itā€™s a political crisis, Congress has jurisdiction, and only they can resolve it.

Where is this reasoning flawed?

If any of this is true, or even close to true, why arenā€™t the Democrats pounding tables in Congress? Why arenā€™t generals complaining their chain of command is broken? Why arenā€™t We the People marching in the streets demanding that it be resolved? This is at least as big a fucking deal as Trump tweeting that he a king.

Republican leadership is needed in both the House and Senate to resolve this matter. Either Trump gets his 2/3rds, or Vance assumes office. There is no third way.

ā€˜ā€™ā€™ā€™ Section 3.

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. ā€˜ā€™ā€™ā€™

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The problem is no one yet has stood up to him. Myself included

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