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Who’s an Insurrectionist Now?

This kind of jackleg constitutionalism is a blunt instrument. What’s to prevent a different judge from disqualifying for public office another local official who, say, participated in a Black Lives Matter riot — or some other protest that turned violent?

An Otero County, New Mexico commissioner, Couy Griffin, outside federal court at Washington, June 17, 2022.
An Otero County, New Mexico commissioner, Couy Griffin, outside federal court at Washington, June 17, 2022. AP/Gemunu Amarasinghe, file