Trump’s Not The Only Republican To Face Disqualification Over Jan. 6

Next month, the Supreme Court will hear argumentsover whether former President Donald Trump is an insurrectionist — and therefore, whether he’s legally permitted to run for office again.

But Trump isn’t the first politician to face that question — and not even the first since the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on Congress.

In fact, at least seven other Republicans, from local officials to members of Congress, have faced similar legal challenges over allegations that they participated in or aided an insurrection after the 2020 election. The Fourteenth Amendment disqualifies anyone who, despite having sworn an oath to defend the U.S. Constitution, “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”

Six current and former House members, including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and former Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.), have faced Fourteenth Amendment challenges based on their actions leading up to Jan. 6.

In one 2022 case, the 156-year-old law cost a former county commissioner his ability to serve in any state or federal elected position — the first time in over 100 years the law had been used to that effect.

The legal wrangling in these cases, even the ones that were unsuccessful, helps shine some light on the arguments against Trump, and the questions the Supreme Court will have to answer as it determines whether the Colorado Supreme Court was correct in ruling that Trump cannot run for office.

It’s unlikely that a majority of the justices will decide to kick Trump off the presidential ballot this year, given the monumental historical stakes and the rightward tilt of the Court.

Still, some conservatives have come to believe that the amendment should in fact