# What Christian Moral Theology Has to Say About Trump’s Eligibility for Office  ## Metadata - Author:: [[Mark Silk]] - Full Title:: What Christian Moral Theology Has to Say About Trump’s Eligibility for Office - Category: #articles - URL: https://religionnews.com/2024/01/02/what-christian-moral-theology-has-to-say-about-trumps-eligibility-for-office/ ## Highlights > In the view of a range of legal scholars, notably including some of the country’s leading [conservative strict constructionists](https://religionnews.com/Users/msilk/Downloads/SSRN-id4532751-1.pdf) (“originalists” and “textualists”), there’s no question that Trump is barred by Section 3 from again serving as president ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hkfqe55b49cav63b8312kp3d)) > The other side, which includes some leading liberal voices, contends that it would be a grave mistake if election officials and judges kept the likely Republican presidential nominee off state ballots ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hkfqeaka6ym1r4zyc4dmmr2r)) > This is the kind of dispute that classic Christian moral theology can help clarify, if not resolve. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hkfqep17pbxgph1fb74sp3gd)) > And yet he, like many of us, might wonder whether kicking Trump off the ballot would create worse consequences for democracy than his serving a second term. Both sets of consequences are hypothetical. Against a clear constitutional mandate, how much do hypotheticals weigh? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hkfqjxyjknpaapx8m26hmegs))