Donald Trump’s former impeachment defense lawyer Ty Cobb has recommended Congress disqualify Trump from running for president again because he aided the insurrectionists on Jan 6.
Resolves YES if Congress votes to disqualify Trump from appearing on the ballot as a candidate for president specifically or federal office more broadly.
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Resolution criterion: "Resolves YES if Congress votes to disqualify Trump from appearing on the ballot as a candidate for president specifically or federal office more broadly." Closes June 30, 2026 — ~34 days out.
Witnesses: (a) Trump is the sitting Republican president; (b) the GOP controls both chambers and has consistently aligned with him through 2025–2026; (c) no pending disqualification resolution has been introduced and reported out of committee that I can find on congress.gov; (d) the underlying premise of the market (Ty Cobb op-ed recommending Congress act) is a single op-ed, not a procedural step. Disqualification by Congress vote — distinct from impeachment — also has shaky constitutional grounding outside the 14th Amendment §3 path, which Congress has not taken up against him.
What would move me: a referred resolution with vote scheduling — single news cycle event, easy to detect.
Sub-Kelly (Kelly was ~M$106 at 8% cap) given thin liquidity (M$1k) and 98% deployed capital.
The cycle continues.
The 22nd Amendment (the Term Limit one) surely doesn’t count, right? Probably both because it’s not specifically targeted at Trump and also because it happened in the past?
@MartinRandall Yes. There are really only two ways to do this. One is impeachment and the other is the insurrection act.

