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Joseph Ferguson, Co-Director, National Security and Civil Rights Program, Loyola University Chicago

Georgia indictment and post-Civil War history make it clear: Trump's actions have already disqualified him from the presidency

Donald Trump may be barred from holding public office due to a constitutional amendment disqualifying those who have taken part in 'insurrection or rebellion.' Mike Stobe/Getty Images

After three indictments of former President Donald Trump, the fourth one in Georgia came not as a surprise but as a powerful exposition of the scope of Trump’s efforts to remain in power despite losing the 2020 presidential election.

New conservative legal scholarship spells out how and why those actions – which were observed by the public over many months – disqualify Trump from serving in the presidency ever again. And our read of the Georgia indictment, as longtime lawyers ourselves, shows why and how that disqualification can be put into effect.

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