• osanna@lemmy.vg
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    lol. dumpy don’t give a fuck about laws and what’s right. He does whatever he wants to further his own interests. He also wasn’t allowed to run as president after getting a shitload of felony convictions, but he still did. Daddy dumpy don’t care.

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      He also wasn’t allowed to run as president after getting a shitload of felony convictions

      There is no legal barrier that prevents a felon from running for President.

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        What you say is completely true. But there is actually another law which should have prevented Trump from running in 2024.

        Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, known as the disqualification clause, bars anyone from holding federal or state office—including the presidency—if they previously took an oath to support the U.S. Constitution and then engaged in insurrection, rebellion, or gave aid or comfort to enemies of the U.S…

        Jan 6 2020 was an insurrection by Trump.

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            Being convicted of insurrection is not a requirement. The only reason Trump was not kept off the ballot was because the Supreme Court intervened, and effectively annulled the 14th amendment.

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        oh wow. Apparently you’re right. I always thought felons could not run for pres.

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          I believe the law prohibits felons from holding public office , except for the positions of potus and vpotus as the constitution governs those

          This was obviously not what was intended, as it was assumed that a felon, while technically able to run, would never be voted in. How little the founding fathers knew…

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            How little the founding fathers knew…

            In Russia, Navalny was falsely declared the equivalent of a felon by Putin’s corrupt judge. Preventing Navalny from running against Putin. Not having any formal requirement for President is absolutely the democratically correct choice. It is just that US voters are idiots.