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Can A Citizen Sue The Us Federal Government?

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Can a US citizen-- or group of citizens-- sue pretty much the entire US federal government?

The fourteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution says that any official who has taken an oath to support the Constitution and then engages in an insurrection against it is disqualified from any U.S. government office, unless both houses of Congress vote by a 2/3 majority to remove that disability. Donald Trump did both. So he cannot legally take office without a vote of Congress.

I want to sue Donald Trump-- if he actually becomes President later today-- for taking office when the Constitution clearly prohibits him from doing so. Also most or all of his Cabinet appointees, either for helping Trump unconstitutionally take that office, or, possibly, in some cases, for themselves taking office unconstitutionally because they participated in the insurrection.

I want to sue the US Supreme Court for violating the Constitution by helping Trump take office unconstitutionally.

I want to sue Congress for failing to act when they are required to do so, either to remove Trump's disability by a 2/3 majority vote of both houses, or by some other act that the Supreme Court vaguely suggested is required. Either way, it is required, and Congress hasn't done it.

Do I have standing? Can I join others already doing this?

submitted by /u/Jeff-Root
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