House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., criticized reports that Democrats are crafting legislation in reaction to the Supreme Court's decision Monday to keep former President Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot.
“We conclude that states may disqualify persons who hold or attempt to hold state offices. But states have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency,” the Court wrote, adding that “the Constitution makes Congress, rather than the states, responsible for enforcing Section 3 against federal officials and candidates.
According to a report in Axios on Monday, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., a former member of the Jan. 6 select committee, said he is already crafting federal legislation that would kick Trump off the ballot.
But a spokesperson for President Johnson told Fox News Digital on Monday night that his Democratic colleagues should “get a grip.”
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Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
“Democrats need to take control. In this country, the American people decide who will be the next president, not the courts or Congress,” the spokesman said.
According to the Axios report, Raskin referenced legislation he introduced in 2022 with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla. that would allow the Justice Department to sue to keep candidates off the ballot under the 14th Amendment.
“We're going to review it in light of the Supreme Court's decision,” Raskin told the outlet. He suggested that the bill would be accompanied by a resolution declaring January 6 an “insurrection” and that those involved “participate in the insurrection.”
Trump faces a host of federal charges related to the 2020 election, but has not been charged with insurrection.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
In Monday's Supreme Court ruling, all nine justices unanimously agreed that states do not have the authority to enforce Section 3. But Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson said the majority went too far when it said that Congress has the sole authority to enforce the law.
“The majority announces that a disqualification for insurrection can only occur when Congress enacts a particular type of legislation pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment. In doing so, the majority closes the door on other potential means of federal enforcement,” he said the trio .
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The judges of the Supreme Court. (United States Supreme Court Collection via Getty Images)
“Today the Court needed to resolve a single issue: whether an individual state can exclude from its voting a presidential candidate who has participated in an insurrection. The majority resolves much more than the case before us. Although federal application of Section 3 is in “There is no way in question, most announce novel rules for how that application should operate,” the three wrote.
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“It is intended to decide Section 3 issues that are not before us and to prevent future efforts to disqualify a presidential candidate under that provision,” the three said.
Rep. Raskin's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
