The Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding Donald Trump's presidential eligibility, with a focus on the argument that the president isn't an 'officer of the United States' subject to disqualification under the 14th Amendment. Trump's lawyers argue that the disqualification clause doesn't cover presidents, creating a potential exception for Trump.
There are many issues that the Supreme Court can address at Thursday’s hearing over Donald Trump ’s presidential eligibility . But there’s one that Trump himself focused on in his final reply brief this week: the argument that the president isn’t an “officer of the United States” who’s subject to disqualification under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
It’s not a strong claim — and its implications are absurd — but it’s worth understanding heading into the oral argument, because Trump’s counsel apparently thinks there’s something to it. Indeed, he may think that it’s the best shot at staying on the ballot. As you’ll see from the text of Section 3, it doesn’t specifically mention presidents: From that absence and the way the term “officer of the United States” is used elsewhere in the Constitution, Trump’s lawyers argue that the disqualification clause therefore doesn’t cover presidents. It would amount to a Trump-specific exception, because every other former president besides George Washington previously swore a constitutional oath in holding state or federal offic
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