House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) responded to reports that Democrats are preparing legislation in reaction to Monday’s Supreme Court decision to exclude former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot. denounced.
“We conclude that states may disqualify persons who hold or seek to hold national office; however, states do not have the power to enforce Article III of the Constitution with respect to federal office, particularly the presidential office. “is not in the Constitution,” the court wrote, adding, “The Constitution vests power in Congress.” , is responsible for enforcing Title III against federal officials and candidates, not the states.
According to a report published Monday in Axios, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a former member of the Jan. 6 selection committee, has already written federal legislation to force Trump to vote. He said that
But a spokesperson for House Speaker Johnson told Fox News Digital on Monday night that his Democratic colleagues should “get a grip.”
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Speaker Mike Johnson, Republican, Louisiana.
“Democrats need to take control. In this country, the American people, not the courts or Congress, will decide the next president,” the spokesperson said.
Raskin was referring to a bill he introduced in 2022 with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, according to an Axios report. That would allow the Justice Department to sue under the 14th Amendment to remove a candidate from the ballot.
“We will make changes based on the Supreme Court’s decision,” Raskin told the outlet. He indicated that the bill would be combined with a resolution declaring Jan. 6 an “insurrection” and those involved “participating in the insurrection.”
Trump faces a number of federal charges related to the 2020 election, but he has not been charged with insurrection.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
In Monday’s Supreme Court decision, nine justices unanimously agreed that states do not have the authority to enforce Title III. But Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson said the majority’s view that Congress has sole executive authority is a significant step forward.
“The majority has announced that insurrection disqualification can only occur if Congress enacts certain types of laws pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment. “It closes the door to other potential avenues,” they said. .
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Supreme Court justices. (U.S. Supreme Court Collection, via Getty Images)
“Today, the court only had to resolve one question: whether individual states can remove from their ballots presidential candidates found to have been involved in the insurrection.The majority held that Much more is at stake than the litigation before us. Federal enforcement of Article III has begun now, but that’s not the point, the majority is concerned about how that enforcement will proceed. We are announcing new rules for what should be done,” the three wrote.
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“This provision is intended to decide the Article III question before our eyes and thwart future efforts to disqualify presidential candidates based on that provision,” the three said.
Rep. Raskin’s office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
