All posts tagged "Fourteenth Amendment"

A red state lawmaker quietly called on the Supreme Court to overturn the Fourteenth Amendment, but plenty of people are calling out the stunning remark.

"Say what now?" Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kyle Whitmire wrote on X, reacting to comments from Alabama House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter on Friday.

The GOP state Speaker told local media, "I certainly hope the Supreme Court will overturn Amendment 14," as the state moves to redistrict. The Fourteenth Amendment promises equal protection under the law, as well as due process and birthright and naturalized citizenship....

A federal judge in Seattle gave a scathing rebuke of President Donald Trump's attempt to reinterpret the 14th Amendment and cancel birthright citizenship.

Senior U.S. District Judge John Coughenour granted a temporary restraining order Thursday that blocks Trump’s executive order from taking effect nationwide. The judge also took the time to eviscerate Justice Department attorney Brett Shumate.

Before a standing-room-only court, Coughenour declared, “I’ve been on the bench for over four decades, I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one is. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order. There are other times in world history where we look back and people of goodwill can say where were the judges, where were the lawyers?”...

Former President Donald Trump is faced with lawsuits in multiple states trying to disqualify him from the ballot under the 14th Amendment's Insurrection Clause, which prohibits anyone who engaged in insurrection from serving in public office without a waiver from Congress. Trump's attorneys have argued that this prohibition doesn't apply to the office of president — but that's a ridiculous reading that doesn't make any sense, argued retired Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe on MSNBC Tuesday.

"Does Section 3 apply to presidents, the meaning of engaged in insurrection as used in Section 3, and did Trump's actions meet the standard for Section 3?" asked anchor Joy Reid. "Your thoughts, sir."

"I think the answers to all of those questions are quite clear," said Tribe, one of the most outspoken advocates for constitutionally disqualifying Trump. "It is clear that Section 3 by itself says that anyone who 'engages in an insurrection or rebellion against the Constitution of the United States' — that's the phrase, not just against the government, but against the Constitution of the United States — is not entitled to another bite at that apple. Now, Donald Trump says that might apply to a county commissioner in New Mexico, but it doesn't apply to him, because it doesn't apply to the president. That is an absurd argument."...