professor tribe has been studying the constitution and even the disqualification clause of the 14th amendment his entire illustrious career. i first began to think seriously about the 14th amendment's disqualification clause only two years ago in january of 2021, but i quickly came to the same conclusion that professor tribe had come to many years before that, and then in the two years between january 6th and today, professor tribe and i have been discussing the disqualification clause and the possible disqualification of the former president privately between ours ourselves. what has brought our article forth is some magnificent scholarship by professors baud