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    Commentary: Trump is running despite the 14th Amendment. He’s not the first insurrectionist to do so

    by Kermit Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times Oct 04, 2023 4 minutes
    Former US President Donald Trump attends the second day of his civil fraud trial in New York on Oct. 3, 2023.

    Efforts to use the 14th Amendment to keep Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot are moving forward across the country. Lawsuits have been filed in Colorado, New Hampshire, Minnesota and California; lawmakers in California have asked the state attorney general to seek a court opinion on the subject.

    Under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, anyone who took an oath to support the Constitution and then engaged in insurrection against the United States is prohibited from holding federal office. Those pressing the suits argue that the section disqualifies Trump from the presidency because of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

    Excluding one of the leading presidential candidates from the election is a momentous possibility that raises many questions. Some are relatively

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