The controversy over lawsuits to disqualify Donald Trump from running for president based on his inciting and giving aid and comfort to the well-documented insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021 — which aimed to aid Trump’s brazen self-coup that attempted to overturn a free and fair election for him to remain illegally in power — indicates that a large chunk of the American public either doesn’t understand the republic that the Constitution’s framers envisioned or are scared to enforce the document’s clear language.
