Charles Hurt: After Impeachment Farce Ends, Next Comes 14th Amendment

[mystery-ak]

Charles Hurt: After Impeachment Farce Ends, Next Comes 14th Amendment

Charles Hurt 13 Feb 2021

With the result of the second impeachment charade a forgone conclusion in Washington, let us now turn to the final partisan tool remaining in Democrats’ torture closet: The 14th Amendment.

This amendment allows Congress to banish from future federal office any current or former politician deemed by congress to have “engaged in insurrection.” Its adoption after the Civil War was designed to prevent officers or political leaders of the Confederate regime from being elected to Congress or the presidency.

In a normal world, it would be impossible for Congress to punish a man for engaging in “insurrection” after Congress had just acquitted the same man of engaging in the same insurrection. Or, as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer recently called it on the Senate floor, “inciting the erection.”

But this is Washington and the man in question is former President Donald Trump, whose Latin name is Swampus Horribilis.

Gripped by hatred and fear of their long, partisan nightmare, Democrats in Congress today seek “unity” by heaving Mr. Trump into the dustbin of the Confederacy. In this name of “unity,” what precisely does that mean for the 74 million current Americans who just voted for this modern-day Jefferson Davis?

To be sure, it is a rusty, gnarly hatchet. But when all you have is a hatchet, everything is plump flesh and brittle bone. And hack away they will!

In the name of “unity.”

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/02/13/charles-hurt-after-impeachment-farce-ends-next-comes-14th-amendment/

[mikezpen]

There are states that can go after him now.

[mountaineer]

Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley

There was a time when denying due process would have been shocking. Even if you believe that due process is not required in an impeachment, it is expected. We do not afford due process to people simply because we have to.

It is like decency, civility and other values. They are not observed because they are mandatory but because they are right. It is a value that defines us and our actions. To deny a constitutional value in its defense is akin to burning down a house in the name of fire safety.
10:12 AM · Feb 13, 2021

[PeteS in CA]

Doesn't TBR have several threads about this topic?

[mystery-ak]

After His Second Acquittal The Democrats Push Plan To Ban Trump From Running For Office Again – This Can Be Done With A Simple Majority Vote
https://www.usasupreme.com/after-his-second-acquittal-democrats-push-plan-to-ban-trump-from-running-for-office-again-this-can-be-done-with-a-simple-majority-vote/

[libertybele]

There are states that can go after him now.

For what offense??

[libertybele]

After His Second Acquittal The Democrats Push Plan To Ban Trump From Running For Office Again – This Can Be Done With A Simple Majority Vote
https://www.usasupreme.com/after-his-second-acquittal-democrats-push-plan-to-ban-trump-from-running-for-office-again-this-can-be-done-with-a-simple-majority-vote/

I think that Trump will be banned from holding political office -- under the political system that is in place now.

If they succeed with the 14th amendment, he won't even be able to be mayor of Mar a Lago.

My bigger concern is criminal prosecution as a civilian. Again, I hope he has a brilliant team of lawyers in place.