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"..."Section 3 was enacted for such a time as this, and for such a figure as Trump."

Our #Constitution gives us tools to protect against those who undermine our democracy, and we must use them.

Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill writes in a powerful amicus brief to #scotus in Trump v. Anderson, the case that may determine whether Donald Trump would be eligible to hold office.

#Section3 of the #14th Amendment is the #constitutional provision at the heart of the appeal before the justices. Oral arguments are set for next Thursday.

This section bans insurrectionists from office who previously swore to support the Constitution, isn’t a “historical relic” but rather was “designed to ensure that the ambitious rights that the 14th Amendment guarantees can withstand the resistance that its framers knew was sure to recur — not just in the immediate post-War period, but far into the future. ..."