'We believe there are other current and former office holders throughout the country who... should be disqualified from office,' writes CREWcrew, calling on Congress to use the 14th Amendment to bar January 6 insurrectionists.
CREW argues there some current and future members of Congress should be disqualified from holding office, and failing to hold them accountable"imperils the very foundations of American democracy."Citing a recent court ruling, a government watchdog group on Wednesday urged members of Congress to remove and bar from office anyone"who betrayed their constitutional oaths by engaging in the January 6 insurrection.
The letter from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington to U.S. lawmakers follows a New Mexico courtearlier this month that the 2021 attack at the U.S. Capitol was an insurrection, and ordering Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin to step down. Section 3 prohibits anyone who, having taken an oath to support the U.S. Constitution, engages in"insurrection or rebellion" or provides"aid or comfort to the enemies" of the United States from holding any civil or military office at the state or federal level.
"Although the court's decision sets a high bar for disqualification, we believe there are other current and former office holders throughout the country who, under the court's standard, should be disqualified from office," asserted CREW, without naming them."The obligation to exclude and disqualify these individuals will be borne by many federal and state officials throughout our country, but Congress has a particularly important role to play.
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