Former DOJ spokesperson Sarah Isgur wrecked the thematic premise of today’s edition of ABC News This Week by telling George Stephanopoulos, much to his dismay, that the plain language of the 14th Amendment establishes Congress as the final enforcer of its insurrection disqualification clause.
Watch as Isgur calmly but surgically dismantles the idea that the Supreme Court will uphold an individual patchwork of state disqualifications based on 14th Amendment, Section 3 grounds:
STEPHANOPOULOS: Sarah, what’s your guess on what the Court does here?
SARAH ISGUR: I think you’ll have the Supreme Court hold that he is not disqualified from being on the ballot. They’ll overturn the Colorado Supreme Court.
STEPHANOPOULOS: The question is: how will they do it, though?
ISGUR: Correct. I think they’ll say that, in fact, the 14th Amendment makes clear…
