# Using the 14th Amendment to bar Trump from office - how does that work?

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump\
**Created:** [November 17, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-14th-amendment-to-bar-trump-from-office-how-does-that-work/975084 "2022-11-17T14:25:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-the-14th-amendment-to-bar-trump-from-office-how-does-that-work/975084/22 "2023-09-19T18:41:59Z")

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There’s already an active thread on whether/how Trump can be barred from office via the 14th Amendment here:

> [@Trump Is Disqualified From Holding Office, Conservative Law Professors Argue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-disqualified-from-holding-office-conservative-law-professors-argue/988412):
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> Apologies if this has already been reported. [Trump Is Disqualified From Holding Office, Conservative Law Professors Argue | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-disqualified-office-law-professors_n_64d5fa85e4b0b8690b83d185) Keith is enthusiastic about it: [https://youtu.be/dWAA-DOJc\_o](https://youtu.be/dWAA-DOJc_o) Damn it, I can’t paste the Olbermann so it starts at the beginning angry

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