Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) has announced he’s drafting legislation in collaboration with other Democrats, including Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA) aimed to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the November presidential ballot. The move directly responds to a unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court, which maintained Trump’s eligibility to run for office in Colorado and other states.
The proposed legislation seeks to leverage section three of the 14th Amendment, asserting that individuals who’ve committed insurrection should be disqualified from holding office. “The House of Representatives already impeached Donald Trump for participating in insurrection by inciting it. So, the House has already pronounced upon that,” Raskin said during a Sunday appearance on CNN.
On Monday, the Supreme Court overturned a decision by Colorado’s state supreme court that disqualified Trump from the Presidency, citing the 14th Amendment’s insurrection clause. In the unanimous decision against Colorado, the justices wrote: “We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office. But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 concerning federal offices, especially the Presidency.”
While the Supreme Court’s ruling ended Democrat efforts in several states to bar Trump from the presidential ballot, Raskin and his Democrat co-sponsors believe his legislation is an alternate legal pathway to end the presumptive Republican nominee’s eligibility. The National Pulse has previously reported that some Congressional Democrats are also considering refusing to certify the 2024 election results should former President Trump recapture the White House.