Push to Remove Trump’s Name From 2024 Ballot Using 14th Amendment | Crossroads

Good evening and welcome to Crossroads. The legal attacks on former President Donald Trump don't look like they're working, at least not working if they are really part of an agenda to interfere with his 2024 presidential campaign. Over the last three weeks, Donald Trump raised close to $20 million for his campaign. About $7.1 million of that came in after he was booked in Atlanta, you know, that big mug shot he had. He's rising in the polls and now guess what? Well, it's looking unlikely really that anyone in the Republican side can take that away from him. But also now it looks like the next agenda is upon us. Disqualified Trump from ever holding office ever again. A law firm recently filed a lawsuit arguing that Trump can be disqualified from the elections. And while this is new, it actually pulls from an agenda which the establishment has been proposing since 2021 and has actually tried before. I'll explain. Now the basis of this is section three of the 14th amendment, you know, ratified in 1868 just after the civil war. It says a person can be banned from election or appointment to any level of government office if they quote, engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. The establishment has been arguing that this could apply to Trump's actions to challenge the 2020 elections and for his alleged role in January 6th. And now that agenda is really taking form. A lawyer in South Florida filed a complaint against Trump to deem him ineligible to run for president. It argues the constitutional amendment quote, automatically excludes from future office and position of power in the US government and as well from any office and position of power in the sovereign states and their many subdivisions, any individual who has previously taken out an oath to support and defend our constitution and after which acts so as to rebel against that charter, either via overt insurrection or by giving aid or comfort to the constitution's enemies. Now, this complaint is heavily based on narratives from the criminal charges that Trump is currently facing in Georgia and under special counsel, Jack Smith. In other words, based on current trials, essentially. It also pulls from narratives that were promoted by the Democrat committee to investigate January 6th, you know, the one that's currently facing controversy for deleting the evidence. But regardless of the fact that the constitutional argument is based on allegations still in court, in other words, they're not legally sound yet. It argues that it should be able to proceed regardless. It states quote, this so-called disqualification cause has been determined to operate completely independently of any criminal proceedings and also independent of any impeachment proceedings or congressional legislation, or at least that's the interpretation. Of course, we're gonna see how this goes. Even some pretty far left publications are acknowledging that while this legal challenge, it's a long shot. The Daily Beast noted the amendment quote, has hardly been exercised in modern history. It quotes Charles Zeldin, a professor of history and legal studies in Nova Southeastern University stating this, it says quote, realistically, it's not a Hail Mary, but it's just tossing the ball up and hoping it lands in the right place. But regardless of how this far fetched thing really sounds, it looks like this constitutional argument, the one they're trying to make right now, it's been part of the agenda. It's been part of the agenda for years. They've even tried it before. Think of it like the new insurance policy to try to block Trump from being president again. Back in January of 2021, shortly after the Jan 6th incident, this was the big narrative the establishment was pushing. Reuters reported at the time that quote, some US lawmakers have said President Donald Trump should be disqualified from holding political office again following his impeachment on Wednesday for inciting a mob that stormed the Capitol as lawmakers were certifying president elect Joe Biden's victory. Now it noted at that time, the 14th amendment was already being considered as a way to block Donald Trump from ever coming back as president. Now the house of representatives approved an article of impeachment that accused Trump of inciting insurrection based on allegations his speech on January 6th helped spark riots. The Senate was allegedly considering whether they could use the 14th amendment to block Trump from holding office again. But of course the Senate did not go through with it. There were also some glaring problems with trying to use the 14th amendment to block Trump. And this was already acknowledged because why? They tried it before. In the past, it has been used to disqualify three federal judges from holding office again through impeachment. A key problem is that it does not look like the president, any president, let alone Trump, would qualify as an office that the disqualification clause could apply to. In other words, it's not shown to have actually been used like this or usable like this, but they tried to do it based on congressional precedent. They'd need a simple majority in the house and Senate to do it. And even then, however, Trump could still likely challenge it. And that decision would almost definitely be in the hands of the Supreme Court, where of course conservatives do have a majority. But legal or not, and possible or not, well, it looks like political actors are gonna try it anyway. News outlets are pushing the agenda really on and off over the years. Bloomberg floated it. Voice of America noted that some lawmakers are looking to attempt it. What seems to be forgotten now though is that Democrats tried it. Now look, last year, House Democrats introduced legislation to bar Trump from holding office ever again, using the 14th Amendment yet again. They announced this in a December 2022 press release. Congressman David Cicilline said the 14th Amendment makes clear that based on his past behavior, Donald Trump is disqualified from ever holding federal office again. And under section five, Congress has the power to pass legislation to implement this prohibition. In other words, they believed Congress could do it themselves. That of course did not work. And it was kind of expected. Even Newsweek acknowledged it was a long shot. It stated at that time last year that there was a core legal problem with that attempt. Since notably Congress doesn't really have the legal right to make such a decision. It notes, quote, guilt cannot be legislatively declared ensuring that only the judicial branch has this power. In other words, it has to go through the courts. Congress can't take the place of the courts. And that's what brings us to where we're at right now. It looks like the legal actions now being used against Trump, including the Georgia case, the narrative of some special counsel, Jack Smith, they've been a catalyst to revive this agenda. Well, everyone, that's it for YouTube. For the rest of this episode, come join us on Epic TV. 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