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Rick LaRue

Rick LaRue is an independent analyst of constitutional electoral issues. He was a DC-based nonprofit executive for four decades, including service as deputy director of the American Society of International Law and of the Eisenhower Institute. A participant in and close observer of Washington’s work, he chose to focus on foundational topics in his “rewirement,” writing at Structure Matters. In addition to The Fulcrum, his work has been published by the Election Law Journal, Constitutional Conversations, and The Washington Post, among others. His latest ELJ article is “We Love the Bill of Rights. Can We Like a Bill of Structures?” and he interviewed Rep. Jamie Raskin on Constitution Day 2023 for The Fulcrum. He earned an MBA from the University of Maryland and a BA in political science from George Washington University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

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    LaRue writes at Structure Matters. He is former deputy director of the Eisenhower Institute and of the American Society of International Law.

    Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is fast becoming a well-known provision of the Constitution. Its rise comes with portents of a constitutional crisis because it prohibits insurrectionists and their abettors from serving in public office. When two originalist professors affiliated with the conservative Federalist Society concluded this summer that the clause disqualifies Donald Trump from being reelected, attention exploded.

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    LaRue writes at Structure Matters. He is former deputy director of the Eisenhower Institute and of the American Society of International Law.

    Raskin is a U.S. Representative for the state of Maryland.

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