Friday, 10 Jan 2025

The Hill criticized for op-ed urging Congress to block Trump from taking office: 'You people are sick'

Opinion columnists at The Hill called on Congress to block President-elect Trump from taking office on the basis of 14th Amendment disqualification when they convene next week.


The Hill criticized for op-ed urging Congress to block Trump from taking office: 'You people are sick'
1.7 k views

Citing this disqualification, Davis, a former editor-in-chief of the Columbia Law Review, and Schulte, former editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal, claimed that Trump is ineligible to be president. The pair called on Congress to take action when they meet in a joint session to formally count the electoral votes next week.

"Disqualification is based on insurrection against the Constitution and not the government. The evidence of Donald Trump's engaging in such insurrection is overwhelming," they argued. "The matter has been decided in three separate forums, two of which were fully contested with the active participation of Trump's counsel."

"The inescapable conclusion of this evidence is that Trump engaged in insurrection against the Constitution."

The Colorado state ruling to kick Trump off the ballot on the basis of the 14th amendment disqualification found that there was "clear and convincing evidence that President Trump engaged in insurrection as those terms are used in Section Three," Davis and Schulte wrote. 

Still, Davis and Schulte griped that the "court did not address the finding that Trump had engaged in insurrection," insisting that the Supreme Court's decision in this case does not preclude Congress from rejecting electoral votes when they convene on Jan. 6.

"Counting the Electoral College votes is a matter uniquely assigned to Congress by the Constitution. Under well-settled law this fact deprives the Supreme Court of a voice in the matter, because the rejection of the vote on constitutionally specified grounds is a nonreviewable political question," they claimed.

"A vote for a candidate disqualified by the Constitution is plainly in accordance with the normal use of words 'not regularly given,'" they claimed. "Disqualification for engaging in insurrection is no different from disqualification based on other constitutional requirements such as age, citizenship from birth and 14 years' residency in the United States."

An objection under the Count Act requires a petition signed by 20 percent of the members of each House. 

"If the objection is sustained by majority vote in each house, the vote is not counted and the number of votes required to be elected is reduced by the number of disqualified votes. If all votes for Trump were not counted, Kamala Harris would be elected president," they wrote.

"The unlikelihood of congressional Republicans doing anything that might elect Harris as president is obvious," they concluded. "But Democrats need to take a stand against Electoral College votes for a person disqualified by the Constitution from holding office unless and until this disability is removed. No less is required by their oath to support and defend the Constitution."

The column garnered swift and fierce backlash online, with critics accusing the authors of "endorsing insurrection."

"Oh, look. Democrats want to steal the election and invalidate the will of the American people. Threat to Democracy," Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung wrote on X.

"You people are sick," Eric Trump replied.

"Sounds like @thehill is endorsing insurrection. Yes, try blocking the inauguration of a President who won the popular vote and the electoral college. Let's see how that goes for y'all," anti-woke activist Robby Starbuck said.

"This article constitutes a conspiracy to overturn the 2024 election," Will Chamberlain, Senior Counsel at the Article III Project, posted.

Political comedian Tim Young weighed in, "@thehill In fantasy land, democrats at The Hill think they can stop Trump from taking office."

Kevin and Keith Hodge, known as the Hodgetwins, responded, "This is a real insurrection against the will of the people."

"This sounds very insurrection-y," journalist Ian Miles Cheong agreed.

you may also like

Florida flyer sparks debate after showing '30 pre-board' Southwest passengers in wheelchairs
  • by foxnews
  • descember 09, 2016
Florida flyer sparks debate after showing '30 pre-board' Southwest passengers in wheelchairs

A Southwest passenger posted a photo on X and claimed to witness "30" flyers in Florida using wheelchair assistance to board, with only two of those flyers using wheelchairs to deplane.

read more