Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits former government officials from holding public office again if they have engaged in insurrection or rebellion. The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.In February 2021, the U.S. Senate acquitted Trump of inciting insurrection, despite a bipartisan majority voting for conviction. Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits former government officials from holding public office again if they have engaged in insurrection or rebellion. 288 San Antonio School District v. Rodriguez, 411 U.S. 1, 33–34 (1973). Some answers related to the 14th Amendment cases seeking to remove Trump from the ballot: WHAT'S THE IMPACT OF THE RULING? San Antonio Independent Sch. CREW noted that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment has "not been tested often in the last 150 years, due to lack of insurrections. San Antonio Independent Sch.