A clash over Trump’s disqualification tests the Supreme Court

The justices must try to find a way through a legal and political minefield


THE 14th AMENDMENT is no stranger to America’s Supreme Court. Many of the most controversial questions to reach the justices——turn on interpretations of “due process” or the promise of “equal protection” found in the Reconstruction-era text. But 156 years after the amendment was ratified, the court now has its first occasion to grapple with a clause that some believe disqualifies Donald Trump from becoming president again.

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