Check out the Democrats’ Latest, Desperate Attempt to Keep Trump out of White House – Opinion

These people just won’t learn their lesson, will they? Over the past year, there have been plenty of examples demonstrating that Democrats’ obsession with former President Donald Trump will eventually contribute to their undoing in November.

But, they just can’t quit him.

On the anniversary of January 6, 2021’s Riot at the U.S. Capitol Building, Democrats have sought new and innovative ways to exploit the event against Republicans, according to their closest friends and supporters in activist media. But a recent report from The Hill revealed That “a handful of Democrats, constitutional scholars and pro-democracy advocates” are seeking to use a post-Civil War amendment to prevent Trump from ever holding public office again.

“Calls for Congress to take steps to strip Trump of his eligibility, which reached a crescendo in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riot, have since decreased,” according to The Hill. “But those who remain engaged on the issue say discussions about applying Section 3 of the 14th Amendment have been ongoing.”

Laurence Tribe, a constitutional expert at Harvard Law School, told The Hill that “the idea” of barring Trump from public office “has waxed and waned.” He said:

“I hear it being raised with considerable frequency these days both by media commentators and by members of Congress and their staffs, some of whom have sought my advice on how to implement Section 3.”

The Hill conducted an analysis that found about a dozen Democratic lawmakers “have spoken either publicly or privately over the last year about how Section 3 of the 14^th Amendment might apply to those who engaged in insurrection on Jan. 6.”

Jamie Raskin, a Democratic-MD representative who was a House manager in the second attempt to impeach Donald Trump on the pretext that he incited the Riots, is leading the charge against him being elected to office. He claimed the former president was “right in the bullseye middle of [the group who rioted].”

In February of last year, Raskin told ABC News that “[t]he point is that the constitutional purpose is clear, to keep people exactly like Donald Trump and other traitors to the union from holding public office.”

There is some debate about whether Democrats can use Section 3 against Trump.

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Most constitutional scholars who spoke to The Hill think the provision is not “self-executing.” In practical terms, that means applying Section 3 to Trump would require an additional step by lawmakers to make the 14th Amendment operative.

According to some scholars, Congress might be able to act by itself, given a simple majority, in either chamber, to declare Trump insurgent. That would violate the constitution provision. Under the 14th Amendment, restoring Trump’s eligibility would then require a supermajority vote.

Tribe of Harvard and other experts agree that Congress needs to do more. They could either establish a neutral fact-finding organization to decide whether Trump committed insurrection according to Section 3 or give this task to a federal Court.

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), last year proposed a bill that would permit the attorney general attempt to persuade three-judge panels that former president had violated the provision. He should therefore not be allowed to run again. For Trump to not run again, Leftist groups and activists have begun to seek help outside. Free Speech For People is a pseudo-liberal democracy group that has begun a campaign for state election officials in an effort to force them to enforce the 14th Amendment on Trump, should he choose to run. This would stop Trump’s name from appearing on the ballot.

But, it is the states that will decide whether the 14th Amendment should be used against Trump. It would most likely not. The organization does not appear to be discouraged by this reality. John Bonifaz, the organization’s president, told The Hill that his group would file legal action against states refusing to comply with its request. “So if a secretary of state does not follow the mandate of Section 3, the 14th Amendment, we will bring this matter in court,” he said.

These efforts are unlikely to succeed. Anyone with a modicum of common sense can see this is a futile, if not desperate, measure being pursued by people who check under their beds each night before they go to sleep to make sure the Orange Man isn’t there to get them.

This is yet another tactic the left uses to try to use the Jan. 6 Riot. It shows that these people are determined to find ways to make the event a political tool. Even though this tactic will surely fail, it bespeaks a recognition on the part of the Democrats that they do not have much hope for winning in November — and it also demonstrates they have not yet figured out that making Trump their focal point is going to blow up in their faces.