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.