There is a plain language, if unsatisfying, path for the U.S. Supreme Court to avoid the politically explosive constitutional issues surrounding Donald Trump's current campaign for the presidency. Unfortunately, the path described below will not be satisfying to people who vehemently oppose Trump, and I count myself among that number. But "constitutional avoidance" is a wise doctrine based on not deciding constitutional cases unless a solid case or controversy demands it. Because the constitutional text of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment only blocks people from "holding" a federal office, and not from running for it, and because something unexpected may happen between now and Nov. 5, the court should, briefly and unanimously, reverse and remand the Colorado Supreme Court decision currently set for argument on Feb. 8.