# Various states, including Colorado, determine Trump is disqualified from holding office **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 11, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/various-states-including-colorado-determine-trump-is-disqualified-from-holding-office/988412 "2023-08-11T16:27:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 633
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/various-states-including-colorado-determine-trump-is-disqualified-from-holding-office/988412/633 "2023-12-21T23:13:20Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > So… insurrection is defined in criminal law under [18 U.S. Code § 2383](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2383). Not sure how helpful that is. Insurrection in that law is defined as engaging in rebellion or insurrection, or helping anyone who does that. It’s going to be hard to set a legal precedent using a tautology. In all likelihood they’d probably go with what the law defines seditious conspiracy to be as a guidance. > **[18 U.S. Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2384)** > If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. I mean, that also fits very nicely with the dictionary definition of insurrection. > **[Definition of INSURRECTION](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insurrection)** > > an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government… See the full definition It’s not like these are words of mystery. And we have ample records of what was going on when they were codified. So it’s not hard to determine what was meant when they were written. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/various-states-including-colorado-determine-trump-is-disqualified-from-holding-office/988412)._