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   George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 (georgetakei@universeodon.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 03:17:18 JST George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽

   So if I’ve understood correctly, a Colorado district court found that Trump engaged in insurrection and that the First Amendment did not protect his inciting speech at the Ellipse on January 6. But he can still be on the ballot in the state because (checks notes) the Presidency is not an “office of the United States” and that the president is not an “officer.” That is certainly an odd thing to conclude. If the President is not an officer, who the hell is?!

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     Holz2735 (michaelpholz@universeodon.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 03:20:18 JST Holz2735

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     @georgetakei Judge needs to check the Constitution...

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     johnhedleyneal (johnhedleyneal@universeodon.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 06:06:29 JST johnhedleyneal

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     @georgetakei An early draft of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment specified the presidency and vice presidency, but the final version did not.

     My guess as to why President and Vice President were not included in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is that the framers didn't think a sitting President would commit insurrection while in office. This is the reason it needs to go to the Supreme Court.