A resurfaced video shows Maryland Representative Jamie Raskin at a panel discussion in 2024, suggesting that Congress may have to invalidate an election victory by former President Donald Trump.

Mr. Raskin alluded to the possibility of “civil war” if Congress fails to act.

It is unclear if Raskin had a well-thought-out plan or if he was making a hypothetical argument.

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During the speech at the Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, the Democrat predicted that the U.S. Supreme Court would be against the Democrats’ plans to exclude Trump from the ballot in several states on the grounds of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Jamie Raskin is saying that congress will STOP Trump from taking office even if he’s chosen by the voters.

This is extremely dangerous. Every Democrat needs to be on the record about this immediately. pic.twitter.com/9IwRoGrrQu

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 5, 2024

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Instead, Raskin believes the Supreme Court would argue that Congress has the responsibility of deciding the matter.

To put this into perspective, Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment was put in place after the Civil War to prevent federal officeholdership for former Confederates.

Radical zealots both on the left and the right, under the guise of the ‘insurrection’ charge, have tried to argue that Trump was not eligible to run for president again and therefore should be barred.

It was not until March, after unanimously ruling against these demands, that the Supreme Court held Congress, not the states, accountable for enforcement.

If Mr. Raskin’s predictions and analysis are correct, that means Congress would hypothetically have to take things into its own hands in the event of Trump winning the election.

This is something deeply concerning as it could potentially lead to severe “civil war conditions” in the country.

Mr. Raskin was prominent in the proceedings during Trump’s second impeachment trial as he was one of the lead House impeachment managers.

Full video below:

From Constitution Annotated – Analysis and Interpretation of the U.S. Constitution:

“Ratified in the Civil War’s aftermath, Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, which is sometimes referred to as the Insurrection Clause or Disqualification Clause, disqualifies any person from being a Senator, Representative, or elector of the President or Vice-President, or from holding any federal or state military or civil office, if that person has: (1) sworn to support the Constitution as a Member of Congress, officer of the United States, member of a State legislature, or state executive or judicial officer; and (2) subsequently engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the Constitution or given aid or comfort to its enemies. Section 3 further provides that Congress may remove the bar from an otherwise disqualifed person by a two-thirds vote in each House.

Section 3 has rarely been applied. In 1872, Congress removed the disqualification bar from all persons except Senators and Representatives of the Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Congresses, officers in the judicial, military and naval service of the United States, heads of departments, and foreign ministers of the United States. And in 1898, Congress enacted broader legislation removing the remaining Section 3 disability incurred during the Civil War. On March 4, 2024, in its only decision specifically interpreting Section 3, the Supreme Court held unaminously in Trump v. Anderson that states cannot enforce Section 3 against federal officeholders or candidates. In so ruling, the Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Colorado Supreme Court that had held former President Donald J. Trump to be ineligible for the office of President under Section 3 on the grounds that he had engaged in insurrection and, therefore, could not be listed on the Colorado presidential primary ballot.”

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