A careful study of the text and history of Section 3 [of the 14th Amendment] shows clearly that the provision was designed to protect American democracy against exactly the kind of threat that Donald Trump represents. The justices have therefore been faced with the decision of either following the Fourteenth Amendment’s command and accepting the momentous consequence, or concocting some sort of escape route.

— “The Hot Potato of Trump’s Disqualification,” The Atlantic

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