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Professor Magliocca Discusses Office Holder Banished from Office over 14th Amendment Qualifications
09/15/2022
A county commissioner in New Mexico has been removed from office under provisions of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. IU McKinney Professor Gerard Magliocca discussed the matter with the Associated Press.
A state district court judge in New Mexico ruled that Couy Griffin could not hold public office after engaging in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. The ruling permanently bars him from federal and local public office, and from serving as a presidential elector.
Of the 14th Amendment, Professor Magliocca said in the story “It was written to deal with former Confederates ... and it's basically been dormant ever since with one or two odd exceptions. There was nothing else that could be described as an insurrection against the Constitution until Jan. 6.”
Professor Magliocca is a Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law at IU McKinney and a nationally known expert in constitutional law. He is the author of five books, the latest of which, Washington’s Heir: The Life of Bushrod Washington, was published by Oxford University Press in early 2022. He also is the author of over 20 articles on constitutional law and intellectual property.
