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Arguing that the Disqualification Clause bars disqualified individuals only from federal executive or judicial roles, not from elected service in Congress.
Arguing that the Disqualification Clause bars disqualified individuals from federal appointed or statutory offices, but not from constitutionally mandated elected positions.
John O. McGinnis & Michael B. Rappaport, Our Supermajoritarian Constitution, 80 Tex. L. Rev. 703 (2002).
Reviewing justifications for the supermajority requirement for conviction under impeachment and arguing that those justifications were even stronger under the original Constitution where the Vice President, who would assume the presidency if the President was impeached, was a chief political rival of the President.
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