31 Aug 2023 9:48 pm
Hypothetical:
The more conservative the judge the more likely they read the 14th to exclude Trump. Conservatives are originalists. The original authors had just won a four year civil war. They’d have strung Trump up on a gallows for the insurrection. They tried impeaching President Johnson for being too soft on rebels and came within one vote.
The problem will come with who has standing.
A group of conservative state Secretaries of State need to block Trump from the Republican primary. SCOTUS would likely rule 8 to exclude Trump and Corrupt Black Judge Thomas whatever he was paid to rule.