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Invoking the 14th Amendment is “Democracy” at Work

Invoking the 14th Amendment is “Democracy” at Work

Why it is wrong to say that a challenge to Trump being on the 2024 ballot is "anti-democratic"

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Sep 12, 2023
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A popular retort to the notion of invoking the 14th Amendment to keep Trump off the ballot for the 2024 presidential election is that this move would be “anti-democratic” and that the electorate should be allowed to decide for themselves if someone is qualified through their vote during the general election.

This is certainly a reasonable position, at le…

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