Jackie Calmes: Two conservative scholars say the case isn't close — the Constitution bars Trump from the White House

Forget for a moment the indictments against Donald Trump, including the latest from Georgia, and about what impact they might have on his presidential candidacy. Consider instead this constitutional fact: Trump, as insurrectionist in chief, should be disqualified from office, and from being a candidate in the first place.

I've been nursing this opinion since Trump his 2024 campaign for president in November. But don't take it from me. Two esteemed conservative scholars of constitutional law, both active members of the Federalist Society, have drafted a beefy legal treatise holding that "the case is