Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, is working on legislation to disqualify Donald Trump from the ballot after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Colorado Supreme Court decision banning the former president from the ballot.
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme court ruled that only Congress, not states, has the authority to enforce the 14th Amendment barring anyone who “engaged in insurrection” from running for federal office.
The decision essentially renders the 14th amendment unenforceable as it is very unlikely that this Congress will pass any legislation barring insurrectionists from running for federal office.
Despite the odds, Raskin told Axios that he will try nonetheless.
Raskin said he plans to introduce a resolution declaring Jan. 6 an “insurrection” and pair it with a “revised” edition of a bill he introduced with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) in 2022 that allowed the Justice Department to sue to keep candidates off the ballot under the 14th Amendment.
He admits that the odds aren’t in his favor.
“I don’t have a lot of hope that Speaker [Mike] Johnson will allow us to bring enforcement legislation to the floor, but we have to try and do it,” Raskin said.
