{"id":2019864,"date":"2023-09-01T20:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T00:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attempts-to-block-trump-from-ballot-denounced-as-dangerous-as-legality-is-debated-legal-scholar\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T20:23:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T00:23:48","slug":"attempts-to-block-trump-from-ballot-denounced-as-dangerous-as-legality-is-debated-legal-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attempts-to-block-trump-from-ballot-denounced-as-dangerous-as-legality-is-debated-legal-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal scholars are debating the legality of attempts to block Trump from the ballot, while labeling them as dangerous."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fattempts-to-block-trump-from-ballot-denounced-as-dangerous-as-legality-is-debated-legal-scholar%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2019864&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<div>\n<h2>Adversaries Push Legal Theory to Keep Trump\u2063 Off 2024 \u200cBallot<\/h2>\n<p>Adversaries of \u200dformer President Donald Trump, including some fellow Republicans, are pushing \u200da much<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/attempts-to-block-trump-from-ballot-denounced-as-dangerous-as-legality-is-debated-legal-scholar\/\" title=\"Legal scholars are debating the legality of attempts to block Trump from the ballot, while labeling them as dangerous.\">-debated legal theory<\/a> to\u200d keep the embattled former president off the 2024 ballot in key U.S. states.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>The 14th Amendment Argument<\/h3>\n<p>Proponents of a 14th Amendment-based theory argue that a post-Civil War clause ought to\u2062 keep him off the ballot right \u2062now, even without a single conviction \u200bon the dozens of hotly disputed\u200b charges\u200c President Trump faces in four\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/waukesha-parade-attack-spotlights-the-danger-of-left-wing-prosecutors\/\" title=\"Waukesha Parade Attack Spotlights The Danger Of Left-Wing Prosecutors\">separate criminal cases<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Disqualification\u200d and the 14th Amendment<\/h3>\n<p>Anyone who engaged \u200bin a &#8220;rebellion&#8221; or &#8220;insurrection&#8221; against the United States must be barred from holding\u2063 public\u2062 office, that theory holds. President Trump&#8217;s foes argue \u2064that the &#8220;disqualification&#8221;\u2064 provision\u2064 of the \u206214th Amendment was activated on Jan. 6, 2021.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Jan. 6 and the\u200d Capitol Riot<\/h3>\n<p>While still in office on that date, President\u200c Trump encouraged\u200d people to protest against the 2020 election results being\u200d certified and naming Democrat Joe Biden as the winner. But\u200b the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/school-boards-demand-biden-deploy-federal-law-enforcement-to-meetings-claim-they-are-under-domestic-terrorism-threat\/\" title=\"School Boards Demand Biden Deploy Federal Law Enforcement To Meetings, Claim They Are Under \u2018Domestic Terrorism\u2019 Threat\">largely peaceful demonstration<\/a>\u200b at the U.S. Capitol\u2064 turned violent. President Trump&#8217;s detractors blame him for the outcome.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Legal Experts in \u2062Disagreement<\/h3>\n<p>However, legal experts disagree over whether the events\u200b of Jan.\u2064 6 can rightfully be classified\u2063 as an\u2062 attempt to overthrow the government. They \u200dalso dispute \u2063whether the 14th Amendment&#8217;s\u2064 disqualification\u200b clause applies. \u2064They also cannot even agree on whether\u2063 the \u200bdisqualification provision remains in effect.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Persistent Efforts\u200c to Block\u200b Trump&#8217;s Candidacy<\/h3>\n<p>Regardless, attempts to \u200bblock President Trump&#8217;s candidacy under this theory persist despite \u2063the lack \u2062of legal clarity\u2013and \u2062although\u2062 similar efforts \u2062aimed at\u2063 other Republican officeholders, including Congressmen,\u2063 have fallen flat.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Tit-for-Tat Reaction<\/h3>\n<p>At the same time, some of President Trump&#8217;s supporters are calling\u2064 for a tit-for-tat reaction. \u2062They say President Biden&#8217;s \u200balleged \u2063entanglements in\u200d his son&#8217;s \u2062foreign business dealings ought to disqualify him from reelection; the president has denied wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Scholars \u2062Cannot\u2063 Agree<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>A \u2062respected constitutional scholar, Mike Davis, denounces the 14th Amendment disqualification\u200b theory.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adversaries, including Republicans, aim to prevent Trump from running in 2024. They advocate a 14th Amendment-based theory, suggesting he should be barred from the ballot due to a post-Civil War clause. 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