Challenges to Trump on the Ballot explained

Citing the January 6th, 2021 insurrection, Trump’s candidacy for president challenged in at least 35 states. The argument points to the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which says that a person cannot be elected to the office of president if they, as an officer of the United States, “engaged in insurrection or rebellion.”

Joining us to help us understand the argument is Professor Mark Graber and Attorney Amira Mattar. Together they help us understand the unprecedented situation we are in and what might happen at the supreme court.

Mark Graber is Jacob A. France Professor of Constitutionalism at University of Maryland School of Law. He is the author of Punish Treason, Reward Loyalty: The Forgotten Goals of Constitutional Reform After the Civil War among other titles. Graber is considered a leading scholars in the country on constitutional law and politics.

Amira Mattar is the Counsel for Free Speech For People, an organization behind the The 14Point3 Campaign. Previously was Staff Attorney for Manhattan Legal Services, where she challenged displacement of low-income communities and advocated for safe housing conditions. She sat as the Michael Ratner Justice Fellow at Palestine Legal prior to Legal Services, where she challenged surveillance and suppression of Palestine human rights advocates.

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