University Professor David Driesen recently wrote the opinion article “The Supreme Court granted Trump amnesty it has no power to give” in The Hill in response to the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v Anderson.
Driesen writes: The Supreme Court’s opinion contradicts the 14th Amendment and the clear intent of its drafters. The court expressed concern that allowing states to enforce Section 3 could result in differing views on whether a particular person engaged in insurrection. But that is a less serious constitutional concern than subjecting the Constitution to the dangers that come with the court’s amnesty. The court could have solved that issue by simply ordering Trump off the ballot in all 50 states.