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A pair of conservative legal scholars argue in a newly released paper that, under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, former President Donald Trump is disqualified to hold office again, echoing a case long made by progressive experts and watchdogs.

In an in-depth analysis of Section 3, William Baude of the University of Chicago and Michael Stokes Paulsen of the University of St. Thomas contend that the clause "remains of direct and dramatic relevance today"

The clause states that "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."

Only a two-thirds vote by both chambers of Congress can lift the disqualification.

In their new paper, Baude and Paulsen wrote that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment—known as the insurrection clause—is "self-executing, operating as an immediate disqualification from office, without the need for additional action by Congress."

"It can and should be enforced by every official, state or federal, who judges qualifications," Baude and Paulsen argued, rejecting the notion that the First Amendment shields those who have engaged in or incited insurrection from disqualification under Section 3.

“Americans are losing faith in the economy because they’re losing ground,” said one policy expert. “Every day it becomes clearer that President Trump has no real interest in improving the lives of American families.” — Read on www.commondreams.org/news/consumer-sentiment-trump-economy

“We must dismantle the corporate architecture of impunity and kick these big polluters out of policymaking,” said one campaigner. “Our future cannot be written by those who profit from its destruction.” — Read on www.commondreams.org/news/kick-big-polluters-out

Global workers unite on May Day to reject anti-immigration policies and fight for fair wages, public services, and democracy worldwide. — Read on www.commondreams.org/news/may-day-protest

Most of us have seen the film ‘Inception‘ starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which is quite a fiction but tells us that how the characters in this movie enter the brains of the other person through their dreams while they’re fast asleep and steal the ideas from their minds or rather implant the ones they want to achieve. These kinds of ideas are possible only in the movies but still, they leave us questioning the actual powers of our brains.

Most of us have seen the film ‘Inception‘ starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which is quite a fiction but tells us that how the characters in this movie enter the brains of the other person through their dreams while they’re fast asleep and steal the ideas from their minds or rather implant the ones they want to achieve. These kinds of ideas are possible only in the movies but still, they leave us questioning the actual powers of our brains.