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    9 months ago

    It absolutely is self-executing. From the text of the 14th Amendment:

    But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

    So it follows that Trump would be disqualified absent any action from Congress, since they can only vote to lift such a restriction, not on whether or not to impose it.