Claims that Donald Trump is ineligible to run again for President under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment have prompted extensive discussion. (See, e.g., these posts by Steve Calabresi and Josh Blackman, Judge Michael Luttig's Twitter account, and this paper by Will Baude and Michael Paulsen.)
Over at the Election Law Blog, Professor Derek Muller explains why these claims face serious challenges and are not likely to keep Trump off the ballot. He writes:
Challenges to presidential candidates' eligibility are not new. There were extensive challenges to Barack Obama and Ted Cruz (among others) in administrative tribunals and courts. Most of these challenges never reached the merits stage of whether the candidate was a "natural born citizen" because they failed to clear some other hurdle.
The bulk of challenges right now are doing exactly the same thing and making the same mistakes, or are on pace to do the same.
