Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is testifying Friday in a hearing to determine if she is eligible to appear on the ballot for reelection. It comes amid accusations that the first-term Republican from Georgia aided participants in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, which lawyers bringing the case call an act of insurrection.

The issue rests on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which stipulates that no one may be elected to public office who “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the” United States or has “given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” Greene’s opponents interpret some of her comments about the Jan. 6 riot as falling within these parameters.

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