re: If Trump isn’t careful he won’t last until the end of his term

Give that another look. I'm quite certain that the potential simple majority disqualification vote by the Senate would come only after a conviction in the Senate trial. Even then it's still not completely settled as to whether that vote requires simple majority, or the 2/3. But again, the main point here being that comes only after Senate conviction of the charge(s) contained within the article(s) of impeachment.

I don’t see Trump running again anyways.

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There won’t be a trial, just an immediate vote

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The house can pass whatever stupid shite they want but it won't get Trump out of office.

The whole thing is stupid because he would have to be voted into office anyways. Are they trying to eliminate the future potential will of the people?

Anyways he is not going to run again imo.

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cajunbama

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Get fricked, you cocksucking cünt.

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The whole thing is stupid because he would have to be voted into office anyways. Are they trying to eliminate the future potential will of the people?

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I think it's a way for the Senate to punish Trump for the events of January 6th. Remember the 2nd, 3rd and 4th person in the line of succession for the Presidency were in the Capitol certifying the Electoral College when the riot occurred.

They wouldn't remove him from office, but they would prevent him from seeking the Presidency ever again.

frick you. You suck at talking football. Don’t even start trying here.

As I said, it's a bit murky since it's seldom used. In a Reuters article yesterday, it stated the following:

"Can Trump be disqualified from future public office?

Yes. This consequence of impeachment is specifically mentioned in the Constitution.

Two historical precedents, both involving federal judges, make clear that only a simple majority of the Senate is needed to disqualify Trump from holding future office. Legal experts said this lower standard means Democrats, who will take control of the Senate later in January, have a realistic chance of barring Trump from running for president in 2024 — a possibility he has discussed.

One complication with that plan, however, is that under Senate precedent a vote on disqualification is only held after a vote on whether to convict and remove from office.

Paul Campos, a law professor at the University of Colorado, said he believed the Senate would have the authority to vote only on future disqualification. This scenario becomes more likely if Trump’s impeachment trial is still pending on Jan. 20, when his presidency ends, Campos said.

So Trump can be impeached after he has left office?

No court has yet definitively ruled on the matter, but many scholars believe the impeachment proceeding would not be rendered moot by Trump leaving office, since disqualification from future office would remain a potential penalty."

Source: Disqualification from future office

I can't tell if there's anything we disagree on.

I do agree that disqualification from future office is a potential sanction. I do also agree that there's precedence for the use of simple majority in the Senate vote to determine whether that sanction is warranted.

Now, I sensed that perhaps we weren't aligned on the question of whether the Senate must have first voted 2/3 to convict (a "successful" conviction) before the possibility of disqualification from future office can even be addressed. That is indeed what I've gleaned from the information and articles I've seen on the 'net.

All good

Despite the fact that there are those like Col Flagg up above who opine that there's basically no chance Trump would realistically harbor thoughts of running again, which is a perfectly acceptable position to take, however the powers that be certainly appear to think it's more than mere gossip. They seem to me to be flustered at the thought of it. I find that a bit interesting.