Comments by "Deborah Freedman" (@deborahfreedman333) on "Cawthorn's attorney responds to efforts to bar lawmaker from office" video.

  1. The freedom to associate does not include those trying to overthrow lawful government. And the fourteenth amendment precludes those, who've tried to overthrow the government or a legal election, from holding office. Thus, if Cawthorn was part of the insurrection, as his actions have demonstrated, it would be unconstitutional to allow him to run for federal office again. This is section three of the fourteenth amendment: "No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof." That little fist bump, Cawthorn gave the insurrectionists, sure seemed supportive.
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