Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he leaves a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, on Dec. 19, 2023. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Can former President Donald Trump be disqualified from another presidential term? The answer to that question partly hinges on the answer to this one: Does the “disqualification” language in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment apply to a candidate seeking the presidency?
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor, is Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Mountain States Policy Center and the Independence Institute. He authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025) and is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
