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The U.S. Senate is a global problem
The acquittal of Trump was bad, but the Senate s approach to foreign affairs over the years has been even worse.
Watching the Senate conduct the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump brought back a flood of memories from high school.
I distinctly remember an earlier incarnation of those Trump-friendly Republican senators taking up their positions at the back of class to snicker, yawn ostentatiously, and otherwise disrupt the serious, well-researched presentations of their fellow students. Then, when it was their turn to present, the back-row rowdies were so embarrassingly unprepared that it was hard not to laugh in return.
Can Trump Be Disqualified From the Presidency?
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After failing to convict former President Donald Trump in an impeachment trial, some Trump-detractors are promoting the idea of Congress banning him from the presidency. They believe Congress can use a provision in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment to do so.
This proposal, like the impeachment itself, panders to those who fear and loath the former president. Like impeachment as well, it distracts public attention from the more important question of whether the official 2020 election returns were accurate and, if not, how state lawmakers should respond.
Otherwise, however, the proposal serves no purpose, because Congress cannot disqualify Trump from serving as president again.
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Since the Capitol siege, some lawmakers have said Donald Trump should be barred from future office.
The 14th Amendment could be the last option lawmakers have to accomplish this goal.
Legal scholars disagree about how, if at all, the bill could be applied in Trump s case, however.
In the wake of the Capitol siege, some US lawmakers have called for former President Donald Trump and some of their congressional colleagues to be removed from office or prevented from holding office again and they may try to invoke the 14th Amendment to do it.
The 14th Amendment was adopted in 1868 and is known mostly for granting citizenship rights and equal protection under the law to anyone born or naturalized in the US, including Black people and those formerly enslaved.
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