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re: Trump will be indicted.

Posted on 8/4/22 at 10:20 pm to
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 8/4/22 at 10:20 pm to
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but indicting Trump makes him un eligible to run for President again.


Nothing in the constitution prohibits a person that has been indicted or convicted of a crime from running for or being elected President. If anything it would increase support among his base.
Posted by loogaroo
Welsh
Member since Dec 2005
31652 posts
Posted on 8/4/22 at 10:34 pm to
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Nothing in the constitution prohibits a person that has been indicted or convicted of a crime from running for or being elected President.


This is true.
Posted by Asusundevil23
Member since Dec 2020
197 posts
Posted on 8/5/22 at 5:02 am to
This is why J6 references "insurrection" constantly

What does the Constitution say about insurrection?

Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits anyone who has previously taken an oath of office (Senators, Representatives, and other public officials) from holding public office if they have "engaged in insurrection or rebellion" against the United States. This means, at least theoretically, that politicians who participate in or encourage a rebellion against the government can not only be removed from office but prevented from holding state and federal offices in the future. However, how disqualification works under the 14th Amendment has never been clear.

Could the disqualification clause prevent Donald Trump from running for president in 2024?

Theoretically, yes. Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment gives Congress the power to disqualify someone who has already held a public office from holding "any office" if they participate in an "insurrection or rebellion" against the United States.

But since this mechanism has never been used against a president, there are still questions to resolve. The disqualification clause applies to current and former federal officials, state officials, and military officials. However, legal scholars are split on whether the disqualification clause applies to the presidency. It's likely the 14th Amendment will continue to come up in conversations approaching the 2024 presidential election.

Most importantly, under the 14th Amendment, disqualification requires only a simple majority vote, not the two-thirds vote needed to convict during an impeachment trial.

These sick, demented fricks in the democrat party will undoubtedly indict Trump.
This post was edited on 8/5/22 at 5:05 am
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