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These Democrats Want to Pass a Law to Disqualify Trump From the White House

“If you don’t introduce legislation, then nothing happens,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Jamie Raskin
Reps. Jamie Raskin and Debbie Wasserman Schultz have started revising a bill to prevent those who have violated their constitutional oath by engaging “in insurrection” from ever serving again in federal or state office. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

After the Supreme Court ruled last week that Congress would need to pass legislation for a state to bar a federal candidate under the “insurrection clause,” Democrats are making a long shot attempt to do just that.

Reps. Jamie Raskin and Debbie Wasserman Schultz have started revising a bill they introduced in 2022 affirming that “anyone who swears to protect the Constitution but violates that oath by engaging in insurrection or rebellion can never serve again in federal or state office.”

“We need to have a process in place now that the Supreme Court essentially abdicated its own power and authority in the field,” Raskin told NOTUS.