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Opinion: Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now

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The Constitution provides that an oath-breaking insurrectionist is ineligible to be president.

Julian Zelizer : The evidence of Donald Trump’s engaging in insurrection against the Constitution is overwhelming.

He says disqualification is based on insurrection against Constitution and not the government.

Zelizer says the Electoral Count Act was first enacted in 1887 and later amended and restated in 2022 .

Democrats need to take a stand against Electoral College votes for a person disqualified by the Constitution from holding office unless and until this disability is removed.

No less is required by their oath to support and defend the Constitution .

Evan Davis was editor-in-chief of the Columbia Law Review and David Schulte was a Yale Law Journal editor.

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