Does a civil-war-era ban on insurrectionists apply to Donald Trump?

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“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.”

https://www.economist.com/united-st...ting-cloud&utm_term=11/21/2023&utm_id=1829848
 
BidenPresident said:
“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.”

https://www.economist.com/united-st...ting-cloud&utm_term=11/21/2023&utm_id=1829848
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BidenPresident said:
“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.”

https://www.economist.com/united-st...ting-cloud&utm_term=11/21/2023&utm_id=1829848
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A court has already ruled he’s an insurrectionist. She just incorrectly opined on what his oath entailed and that he wasn’t an “officer” of the United States.

Yes, this applies to him and he should be disqualified. But, that’s a precedent nobody is willing to set.
 
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