It's Just a Mouse! #267 By Hank Silverberg Happy New Year! Question: Is Donald Trump ineligible to run for president under the 14th Amendment because of his inciting action during the January 6th, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol? A number of states are trying to get him taken off the primary ballot because of that. The amendment was passed in 1868, and it was designed to keep former officials who had left the U.S. government and joined the Confederacy, from ever occupying the White House or the Congress again. I am not a judge, or a lawyer, but I can read. Here is what the pertinent section of the Amendment says: Section 3 No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a