{"id":2136614,"date":"2023-12-30T07:21:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T12:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-14th-amendment-effort-to-oust-trump-could-backfire-on-democrats\/"},"modified":"2023-12-30T07:22:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T12:22:30","slug":"why-14th-amendment-effort-to-oust-trump-could-backfire-on-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-14th-amendment-effort-to-oust-trump-could-backfire-on-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats&#8217; attempt to use the 14th Amendment against Trump may have unintended consequences"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fwhy-14th-amendment-effort-to-oust-trump-could-backfire-on-democrats%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=2136614&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--><h2>Donald Trump \u2062Faces Legal Challenges, but Could Benefit with GOP Voters<\/h2>\n<p>Donald\u200b Trump is currently dealing with legal\u200c issues \u200dthat could actually work in his favor with Republican voters. He has been removed from election \u200dballots\u2062 in Colorado and Maine due to concerns that he violated the 14th Amendment&#8217;s clause prohibiting those who &#8220;engaged in insurrection&#8221; from holding office.<\/p>\n<h3>Supreme Court Ruling Could Favor Trump<\/h3>\n<p>However, the Supreme Court has the power to overturn these challenges and rule in favor of Trump. If this happens, it would only add to the narrative of Trump being a prominent \u200bfigure and fuel his\u200c anti-establishment persona.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The challengers are rapidly fulfilling Trump&#8217;s narrative of a weaponized legal system and the anti-democratic \u200btendencies of his\u2064 opponents,&#8221; said George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley. &#8220;This disqualification effort bulldozes any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-jr-tells-gop-to-get-tough-if-democrats-are-playing-hardball-then-we-got-to-play-hardball\/\" title=\"Trump Jr. Tells GOP To Get Tough: If Democrats Are \u2018Playing Hardball\u2019 Then \u2018We Got To Play Hardball\u2019\">moral high ground<\/a> for these \u2064Trump critics.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Turley believes that the Supreme Court will ultimately reject the\u2064 challenges based on the 14th Amendment, as they lack legal\u200c and historical foundation.<\/p>\n<p>While \u200dTrump has only been\u200d barred from two\u200b states so far, there are numerous advocacy groups seeking to remove him, resulting in dozens of similar cases. Sean Grimsley, an\u2064 attorney representing the anti-Trump challengers in Colorado, is hopeful \u200dthat other states will follow suit.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;[Trump] betrayed his\u200d oath to the \u2062Constitution by engaging in\u2062 insurrection against it, and by doing so he made himself ineligible for public \u200coffice,&#8221; Grimsley said\u200b in a statement. &#8220;We hope and believe \u200cother states will now follow suit.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Challenges to Trump&#8217;s candidacy \u200chave already been rejected in California and \u2064Michigan, and these\u200c state-level decisions are likely to lead to a Supreme Court ruling on the\u2062 matter. It is worth \u2064noting that the Supreme Court \u200chas never before ruled on Section 3 of the \u206214th \u2062Amendment.<\/p>\n<p>Trump expressed \u200dhis \u2062dissatisfaction with \u2064the Colorado ruling through \u2063a social media \u2063post, calling it a &#8220;pathetic gambit\u2064 to rig the election.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Trump&#8217;s Legal Battles Impacting 2024 Presidential Election<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-doubles-down-on-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"Biden admin. doubles down on vaccine mandate\">ongoing legal battles<\/a> involving Trump\u2062 have become a recurring theme in the 2024 presidential election cycle. At the beginning \u2063of 2023, Trump seemed \u2062weakened after his chosen candidates lost \u2063in the midterm elections, \u200bwhile Gov. Ron DeSantis\u200b (R-FL) won Florida by a significant margin.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis posed\u200d a threat to Trump&#8217;s \u200ddominance, with\u200d 30% support compared to Trump&#8217;s 45%, according to the RealClearPolitics average. However, everything changed \u200cwhen Manhattan District Attorney\u2062 Alvin Bragg indicted Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in \u200dMarch. Trump&#8217;s support quickly rose above 50%, while\u2064 DeSantis struggled to maintain double-digit \u200bsupport.<\/p>\n<p>The 14th Amendment cases are having a similar effect. Trump, already the clear front-runner, is\u2063 now approaching\u200b 65% support nationwide, while DeSantis\u2063 is struggling to remain in double digits.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It clearly doesn&#8217;t hurt him in the primary because, \u200das we&#8217;ve seen \u200bso many times, any \u2062time Trump gets in trouble, most of his opponents rush to his defense,&#8221; Republican strategist Doug Heye said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Democratic \u2062prosecutors and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-waives-ethics-rules-for-former-lobbyists\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Waives Ethics Rules For Former Lobbyists\">left-leaning groups<\/a> have forced challengers like DeSantis and former United Nations\u200d Ambassador Nikki Haley to defend Trump while simultaneously trying to convince voters to consider other options.<\/p>\n<p>The upcoming\u200d primaries will \u200ddetermine how Republican primary voters perceive these challenges. The \u2063broader\u2064 question is how the Colorado ruling and other indictments will impact the general election if Trump makes it that far.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just \u2064not clear yet if it plays a role,&#8221; Heye said. &#8220;If the Supreme Court shoots it down, it probably has little to no effect.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Another Republican strategist, John Feehery, believes that Democrats are unintentionally helping Trump. He suggests that their actions may be part of a conspiracy to ensure Trump wins the GOP nomination, \u2062although he acknowledges that \u200bDemocrats may simply be blinded\u2063 by their disdain for Trump.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200dHow \u2062do the rejected challenges in California and\u200c Michigan indicate a potential Supreme Court ruling on Section\u200c 3 of the 14th Amendment<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Is second impeachment trial \u200cand the subsequent legal challenges he \u200dfaced. However, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-george-santos-faces-possible-expulsion-what-happens-next-for-the-new-york-house-seat\/\" title=\"What's next for NY House seat as George Santos faces expulsion?\">legal battles persist<\/a>, it appears\u2062 that they could actually benefit him with GOP voters.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s legal issues have solidified\u2064 his anti-establishment image, which resonates strongly with conservative \u200dvoters. The efforts\u2063 to remove him from election ballots in Colorado\u2062 and Maine on the grounds of\u2063 violating\u200b the\u200d 14th Amendment&#8217;s insurrection clause only add \u2062to this narrative. If the Supreme\u200b Court overturns these challenges, it would further\u200c enhance Trump&#8217;s image as \u2064a prominent figure fighting against the\u2064 establishment.<\/p>\n<p>Legal expert Jonathan Turley believes\u2063 that the Supreme Court will ultimately \u200breject these challenges as they lack legal\u200d and historical\u2063 foundation. He argues that the disqualification effort by Trump&#8217;s opponents only strengthens his anti-establishment rhetoric \u200dand undermines the moral high ground\u200c of \u200dhis critics.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump has only been\u200c barred from two states so far, there are numerous advocacy groups seeking to remove him from other states as well. The attorney representing the anti-Trump challengers in Colorado, Sean Grimsley, is \u200chopeful that other states will follow suit, emphasizing Trump&#8217;s alleged betrayal of the Constitution through his involvement in \u2064the \u200binsurrection.<\/p>\n<p>However, challenges to Trump&#8217;s candidacy have \u200dalready been rejected in California and Michigan, indicating\u2064 that these state-level decisions may lead \u2062to a Supreme Court ruling on the matter. It is noteworthy that the Supreme Court has never\u2063 before ruled on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, making this a significant \u2063legal precedent.<\/p>\n<p>Trump himself expressed his frustration with \u2064the \u2063Colorado ruling through a social media post, accusing it of being a &#8220;pathetic \u200cgambit to rig the election.&#8221; This\u2063 highlights his pushback against the legal challenges and reinforces \u2064his image as \u2063a political outsider fighting against\u2062 a rigged system.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Trump&#8217;s ongoing legal battles have become \u200da central theme in the 2024\u200d presidential election\u200d cycle. Despite initial perceptions of weakness, these legal\u2062 challenges\u2064 have actually strengthened his position with Republican voters by solidifying \u200bhis \u200banti-establishment image. Whether the Supreme Court rules in \u2062his favor or against him, these legal \u2064battles\u2062 will continue to impact the political landscape leading up to the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump&#8217;s legal battles continue, potentially boosting his appeal among GOP supporters. He has been temporarily excluded from election ballots in Colorado and Maine due to alleged violation of the 14th Amendment&#8217;s insurrection clause. 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