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... ran over me while I was peacefully contemplating the limits of the 14th.
So, 50% of either house can prevent a Section 3, but if a Section 3 happens, it takes 67% of both houses to lift the Section 3 ban?
Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️@tribelaw·3h
More directly stated: Today’s ruling reads the 14th Amendment to mean that 1/2 of EITHER the House OR the Senate can, just by INACTION, permit an oath-breaking insurrectionist to hold office — even though Section 3 says it takes 2/3 of BOTH the House & the Senate to lift that ban
Dorf on Law @dorfonlaw·11h
SCOTUS reliance on 14A Sec 5 power of Congress to enforce Sec 3 is wholly unpersuasive, given that Sec 3 itself delegates to Congress power to lift the disqualification for insurrectionists by a 2/3 vote, not simple majority, as in Sec 5. The specific supersedes the general.
