Government,
Constitutional Law
Aug. 29, 2023
Trump’s oath to support the Constitution may be his undoing
On Aug. 24, Lawrence Caplan filed what may be the first federal civil lawsuit against Donald Trump under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. It may be the lawsuit that disqualifies him from a potential second term.
John H. Minan
Emeritus Professor of Law
University of San Diego School of Law
Professor Minan is a former attorney with the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and the former chairman of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Board.
Former President Donald Trump’s strategy to delay answering the legal charges against him until after the 2024 election has suffered another legal setback. The setback does not come in connection with any of the felony criminal cases now pending in N.Y., Florida, D.C., and Georgia.
On Aug. 24, Lawrence Caplan filed what may be the first federal civil lawsuit against Trump under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. In a seven-page compl...
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