you can sum up the state of the republican party in 2024 like this the front-runner for the republican party s nomination to be president is someone who might not even be qualified, like legally and constitutionally, to be america s president. really. two prominent legal scholars on the left and the right, lawrence tribe and judge michael lut ig are out with a piece. they write, having thought long and deeply about the text, history and purpose of the 14th amendment s disqualification clause for much of our professional careers, both of us concluded some years ago that in fact a conviction would be beside the point. the former president s effort to overturn the 2020 election and the results attack on the u.s.
capitol place him squirely within the disqualification clause and is therefore ineligible to serve as president again. the most pressing question is whether we will abide by this command of the disqualification clause. asa hutchinson, one of the few in the race seems to endorse their conclusion. here s him yesterday. i m not even sure he s qualified to the the next president of the united states. so you can t ask for support. a number of legal scholars said that he is disqualified because of his actions on january 6th. joining our conversation, former governor of arkansas, republican presidential candidate asa hutchinson.
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