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Re other sections being self enforcing
We talked about this when the Colorado case came down. The Colorado dissent talked about it too. You are ignoring the context of American approach to rights and burdens generally and the 14th amendment context specifically.
Things like equal protection is a benefit granted to an individual. The insurrection clause is a restriction upon a general right. It is very different to say “you government cannot do that because it violates my equal protection notwithstanding no congressional bill” as opposed to “despite all of these vast open questions that need to be answered by a statue we will let a state disqualify a president due to the insurrection clause without implementing language.” That is, self execution is more properly thought of applying when the provision is protecting rights; not taking away rights. This default isn’t just because of the background principle of liberty but also basic sense of fairness — we shouldn’t punish someone due to massively underdetermined rules.
Moreover you also ignore the context of the 14th. Protecting citizens rights (eg due process or equal protection) was a way of limiting southern states ability to exercise authority. In contrast, the self execution of the insurrection clause could spur on state power. That is quite odd.
Finally there is just the general federal structure.
When you take all of those background rules etc you can easily read the insurrection clause as needing enabling law while at the same time believing eg equal protection does not. To do otherwise prioritizes a kind of strict constructionist approach which is generally impressive but all the more for constitutional exegesis.
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