Quote (Thor123422 @ Jan 1 2024 07:41pm)
When somebody is not allowed to run due to a constitutional disqualification it's perfectly fine for a state to not allow the person on the ballot. It isn't up to congress to disqualify somebody for being under 35, same as its not on congress to disqualify somebody for an insurrection.
States run their own elections, states get to decide who's on the ballot. If the reason is that they committed an insurrection, and it can be shown that there was an insurrection, then they are disqualified. There has never been a requirement for a criminal conviction, nor for congressional action except to remove the disqualificaition.
To the contrary, Congress is explicitly handed enforcement power in section 5.
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The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Congress enforces section 3, not Colorado. Congress has criminalized insurrection by way of the U.S.C, and the DOJ has the authority to charge Donald Trump with insurrection as a crime.