Trump’s fate and an obscure section of the Constitution collide at Supreme Court

By MARK SHERMAN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will be taking its first look in the 156-year history of the 14th Amendment at a provision, Section 3, that’s meant to keep former officeholders who “engaged in insurrection” from ever regaining power. The stakes couldn’t be higher in arguments taking place on Thursday. The court will be weighing whether former President Donald Trump, the leading candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, can be disqualified from holding office again because of his efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. The case could turn on several legal issues, including Trump’s responsibility for the attack.