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Ilya Somin

My Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Trump v. Anderson—the Section 3 Disqualification Case

Donald Trump after the Iowa Caucuses
(Tannen Maury/UPI/Newscom)

Today, I filed an amicus brief in Trump v. Anderson, the Supreme Court case addressing the issue of whether Donald Trump is disqualified from the presidency under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. It explains why a prior criminal conviction on charges of insurrection (or any other criminal charges) is not necessary for for Trump to be disqualified. Text, original meaning, and O.J. Simpson all support that conclusion! I previously wrote about this aspect of the case here. Here's an excerpt from the brief's Summary of Argument:

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