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Can Trump Be Disqualified From the Presidency?

Can Trump Be Disqualified From the Presidency?
Then-President Donald Trump delivers remarks at his hotel in Las Vegas, Nev., on Oct. 28, 2020. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
Rob Natelson
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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.

Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (3rd ed., 2015). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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