In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" Donald Trump claims that US Constitution 14th Amendment Section 3 is not applicable to president as it does not list presidency and catch-all term “any office, civil or military, under the United States” does not includes the presidency

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In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" Donald Trump claims that US Constitution 14th Amendment Section 3 is not applicable to president as it does not list presidency and catch-all term “any office, civil or military, under the United States” does not includes the presidency

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In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" Donald Trump claims that Section 3 of 14th Amendment of US Constitution is inapplicable to presidents as they are not an officers of US

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Section 3 begins “[n]o person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State . . .” It does not list the presidency. Moreover, it lists offices in descending order, beginning with the highest federal officers and progressing to the catch-all term “any office, civil or military, under the United States.” Thus, to find that section 3 includes the presidency, one must conclude that the drafters decided to bury the most visible and prominent national office in a catch-all term that includes low ranking military officers, while choosing to explicitly reference presidential electors. This reading defies common sense and is not correct

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In Supreme Court case "Anderson v Trump" Donald Trump claims that Section 3 of 14th Amendment of US Constitution is inapplicable to presidents as they are not an officers of US

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Section 3 begins “[n]o person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State . . .” It does not list the presidency. Moreover, it lists offices in descending order, beginning with the highest federal officers and progressing to the catch-all term “any office, civil or military, under the United States.” Thus, to find that section 3 includes the presidency, one must conclude that the drafters decided to bury the most visible and prominent national office in a catch-all term that includes low ranking military officers, while choosing to explicitly reference presidential electors. This reading defies common sense and is not correct

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