"If the court does not 'honour the original meaning of the 14th amendment and disqualify Donald Trump', [Sean] Wilentz writes, 'it will trash the constitutional defense of democracy designed following slavery’s abolition; it will guarantee, at a minimum, political chaos no matter what the voters decide in November; and it will quite possibly pave the way for a man who has vowed that he will, if necessary, rescind the constitution in order to impose a dictatorship of revenge.'”
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