A law review article claiming that Donald Trump is automatically disqualified from holding elected office is getting attention in large part because it was written by two conservative, originalist law professors, William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen.
Baude and Paulsen argue that Trump should be excluded from ballots for giving aid to an 鈥渋nsurrection or rebellion鈥 in violation of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
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