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Even more confused.
It's an inclusive or. In the US, if a member of the civilian government or the military engages in insurrection or rebellion they are ineligible from holding any office again.
When the word 'office' is first mentioned in section 3, 'civil or military' is specified. It's clear then that 'officer of the United States' has the same connotation.
An insurrectionist, who took an oath of office, is disqualified from assuming the office of the president and an insurrectionist will be disqualified from holding any office if they committed their insurrection while being president.
Here is the full section:
Here is a link to the fourteenth amendment for reference.
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/14th-amendment
Oh I was clear on that after your first reply, just confused how that ruling could have possibly occurred given all the text and the actions by Trump. If she were in his pocket, she wouldn’t have acknowledged he engaged in insurrection in the first place, so WTAF, judge?
edit: like… did he cross his fingers behind his back when he took the oath of office for president, so it didn’t count? What the actual hell.
I don't know if you've read this comic, but I would say the judge believes in the message around the red, bottom left hand circle, on the second page, very strongly.
https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1138.html
Also like, spoilers I guess, if you do read the comic and are behind.
I don’t know how to spell it but there’s a Marge Simpson aggravated noise in my head right now.
It's some hardcore lawful evil nonsense.
Lmao, I had to check which board I was on for a second.