Former federal judge: Trump’s violation of 14th amendment ‘couldn’t be any clearer’
by Lauren Irwin - 01/06/24 5:05 PM ET
Former federal judge Michael Luttig argued Saturday that former President Trump’s violation of the 14th Amendment “couldn’t be any clearer.”
“Section three of the 14th Amendment simply could not be any clearer that the former President is disqualified from the presidency as the Colorado Supreme Court held,” Luttig told MSNBC’s Ali Velshi on Saturday, the third anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
His argument comes just one day after the Supreme Court decided it would look into the Colorado decision on whether Trump could be disqualified from appearing on the state’s primary ballot for his actions related to the insurrection.
Luttig, who said he has spent the last three years studying the amendment, believes the high court — which currently leans Republican — will “likely look for every legitimate way possible” to avoid an opinion on whether Trump can be disqualified from running for office again.
However, Luttig said, there are “very few, if any, off ramps” that would allow the nation’s highest court to avoid making that decision.
The Supreme Court is expected to hear oral arguments in the case on Feb. 8.
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