Roundup: MN/SCOTUS Disqualification Suit

Everything I've written about Trump's Amendment XIV, Section 3 problems

The Key Issues

I’m sorting these from most general to most specific, rather than chronologically:

• “Disqualification is Anti-Democratic. Good!” — a general defense of the small-r republican practice of disqualifying the disqualified (September 28)

• “The President’s Insurrection” — the meaning of insurrection, and the facts that led me to conclude that President Trump engaged in one (October 11)

• “An Officer and a Gentleman (and a President)” — on officers of / under the United States (November 1)

• “Saying the Magic Words” — on the procedure for invoking Section Three, with explanations of Section Five, Griffin’s Case, and that pesky little term, “self-executing” (January 9)

• “The Minnesota GOP Gives the Gift of Obama” — on the political question doctrine, laches, freedom of association, and minutiae relating to Minnesota election law (October 28)

• “Q&A: 18 Doubts About Disqualification” — responses to a broad range of common objections to disqualifying the Republican frontrunner. If it isn’t covered in detail in one of the above articles, it’s probably covered briefly in this one (December 29)

• “Who Misquoted the Fourteenth Amendment?" — Section Five has been routinely misquoted for decades in a way that could affect the case (January 25)

Procedures, Politics, and Takes

Since these deal with specific moments in the case, these are in reverse chronological order (or they’d be impossible to navigate):

• “The Supreme Court Gives Section 3 the Snip” — The big one: we lost the Supreme Court case and Trump will remain on the ballot. I explained what the decision said, why the decision was wrong, why this (serious) error is not a judicial crisis, and how disqualification could still move forward after the election. (March 4)

• (U.S. Supreme Court) “Disqualification: Oral Argument Recap” — Oral arguments went very badly. I unpacked it. (February 8)

• “Trump v. Anderson Oral Argument Preview” — The night before orals, I introduced the advocates, presented some guideposts, and offered a whole lot of reading material. (February 7)

• “Disqualification Suit Supremo Begins” — Just after Trump lost in Colorado, I previewed the upcoming Supreme Court case and its current posture (December 20)

• “Minnesota’s Supreme Court Heads for the Hills” — A critique of the Order dismissing the case, explaining how (and when) it could return (November 9)

• (Minnesota) “Oral Argument Recap” — Hot takes after Phase I oral arguments (November 2)

• “Minnesota Disqualification Week: Orientation” — roundup of case filings in Minnesota, a brief preview of then-upcoming oral arguments, and several trivial matters. (October 27, mostly obsolete)

• “The Minnesota Disqualification Suit Begins” — overview of the case and possible timeline (Phase I, Phase II, and the U.S. Supreme Court) (September 21, mostly obsolete)

• “Minnesota Says Trump Not Disqualified” — back at the start, I broke the news that Trump could be sued under 204B.44, and speculated on what could happen next (August 29, mostly obsolete)