Section Three (14th Amend.)

Three years later, amid another national election, the American public is still slow to understand the enormity of January 6, 2021.

On the folly of relying on history to settle the debate over whether the Fourteenth Amendment should bar Trump from office.

Excluding him, wrongfully, by a close vote of the Supreme Court could well trigger the next Civil War.

Despite Trump’s efforts to overturn the election, a Colorado state judge stretches the word “officer,” permitting him to remain on the state’s ballot.

Debates about handling Confederates reveal that the 14th Amendment bars unrepentant insurrectionists from office.

Scholars and pundits are suddenly interested in the section disqualifying insurrectionists from offices. But text and history don't offer clear answers.

A bad history.

The only question is whether American citizens today can uphold that commitment.

The 14th Amendment offers a remedy that is both simpler and likelier to work.

In the fight over keeping Trump’s name on the ballot, the 2000 decision is a warning but not a precedent.

On the 14th amendment – and if it might stop Trump.

The fight over the 150-year old language in the Constitution is a battle for the very heart of the American republic.