Democrats look to bar ‘insurrectionists’ from office after Supreme Court reinstates Trump

A pair of House Democrats are seeking to introduce legislation that would bar “insurrectionists” from holding federal office after the Supreme Court ruled this week individual states could not use that standard to omit former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot.

Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) are revising legislation that would provide a federal enforcement mechanism for the 14th Amendment, which includes a clause that bars people who have “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. The bill would build on previous efforts from lawmakers to approve legislation that would allow lawmakers to execute that clause.