Should Trump Be Barred From the Ballot?
b'There\\u2019s this incredible dissonance at the center of our politics right now. On the one hand, all the polling suggests that Donald Trump is about to win Iowa Republican caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. He seems overwhelmingly likely to be his party\\u2019s nominee, and so possibly our next president. On the other hand, he could be constitutionally disqualified from taking office.\\n\\nColorado and Maine concluded as much, and tossed him off their ballots. And now the Supreme Court is poised to take on this unprecedented question of whether a little-known provision of the Constitution, written in the aftermath of the Civil War, can bar Trump from running and scramble the election in 2024.\\n\\nThe Times Opinion columnist David French has been on the show before, as both a guest and a guest host, to break down the criminal cases against Trump. This time, I\\u2019ve asked David back to make his case for why Trump is constitutionally disqualified. We discuss some of the biggest objections, what the Supreme Court is likely to do, and how the possible options risk destabilizing the country in different ways.\\n\\nMentioned:\\n\\nResearcher application\\n\\nAssociate engineer application\\n\\n\\u201cThe Sweep and Force of Section Three\\u201d by William Baude and Michael Stokes Paulsen\\n\\n\\u201cThe Case for Disqualifying Trump Is Strong\\u201d by David French\\n\\n\\u201cSnakebit\\u201d by Nick Catoggio\\n\\nBook Recommendations:\\n\\nOperation Pedestal by Max Hastings\\n\\nInto the Heart of Romans by N. T. Wright\\n\\nManhunt by James L. Swanson\\n\\nThoughts? Guest suggestions? Email us at ezrakleinshow@nytimes.com.\\n\\nYou can find transcripts (posted midday) and more episodes of \\u201cThe Ezra Klein Show\\u201d at nytimes.com/ezra-klein-podcast, and you can find Ezra on Twitter @ezraklein. Book recommendations from all our guests are listed at https://www.nytimes.com/article/ezra-klein-show-book-recs.\\n\\nThis episode of \\u201cThe Ezra Klein Show\\u201d was produced by Rollin Hu. Fact-checking by Michelle Harris, with Kate Sinclair and Mary Marge Locker. Our senior engineer is Jeff Geld, with additional mixing by Efim Shapiro. Our senior editor is Claire Gordon. The show\\u2019s production team also includes Annie Galvin and Kristin Lin. Original music by Isaac Jones. Audience strategy by Kristina Samulewski and Shannon Busta. The executive producer of New York Times Opinion Audio is Annie-Rose Strasser.'