Mere days before Congress is to certify [7] the Electoral College votes [8], a movement has finally emerged [9] to have Donald Trump disqualified [10] from office under the Insurrection Clause [11] of the 14th Amendment [12]. A "14th Now March [24]" in Washington is raising the demand [13], and is being promoted [14] by the podcast and vlog Lights On [15] with Jessica Denson. The idea has also been discussed [25] on The Legal Breakdown [26] with Brian Tyler Cohen and Glenn Kirschner, Legal AF [27] with Ben Meiselas, The Romano Report [28] with Mark Romano, and Countdown [29] with Keith Olbermann. Constitutional law scholars Evan Davis and David Schulte make the case in an editorial for The Hill [16], "Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now." Several elected officials have been barred from office [17] under the Insurrection Clause since ratification of the 14th Amendment in 1868, but applying it to a former president who led an insurrection [18] is the ultimate test of American democracy. In Episode 259 [19] of the CounterVortex podcast [20], Bill Weinberg urges that this constitutional mechanism [21] be used, and Trump's victory be nullified [22].
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