How is former president of the US Donald Trump still free when a lot of the accomplices in things he has been indicted for are already in jail and or prison except him?
I am asking here because all the political subs don't allow a question, and US politics used to seemed so simple until to understand this man came along.
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It's a good question - all Constitutional scholars agree he has violated Section 3 of the 14th Amendment and is therefore ineligible to hold any political office (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/donald-trump-constitutionally-prohibited-presidency/675048/) but does America have the collective strength to admit it?
The laws for who goes on the ballot are set by the individual states.
I suppose the Federal Election Committee could deny his federal application, or the Attorney General of the U.S. could sue the FEC to force an injunction against his filing under the 14th? It's not clear.
In any case, regardless of how it got there, it would end up in court and be decided by the Supreme Court, which is ultra conservative right now.
Bla bla bla.
It’s not ambiguous. You either follow the Constitution or you are a traitor to it.
I'm literally describing to you how that process works. It doesn't matter by what avenue it happens, it'll absolutely end up in front of the supreme Court, and then they'll get to decide to agree with whatever decision was made or reverse it.
Unless they have a reason to lock him up to protect their own interests, the Supreme Court is probably not going to do shit. That's WHY Trump picked them, as an "insurance measure", and unfortunately it seems to be working.
“All”? If you can’t even get all dentists to agree you should use toothpaste, I doubt it. More importantly, he’s not convicted of anything yet
odds are he will be
Scholars don't matter and it doesn't mean shit if the courts won't convict him
He doesn’t need a conviction. He’s already admitted being involved enough in Jan 6 to be disqualified. That’s my point - the Constitution says he’s out.
You can argue (likely correctly) that the 14th amendment will be ignored but that’s a different issue. Will we defend the constitution or ignore it?
It still doesn't matter what the constitution says if the courts never convict him of the crimes that would disqualify him from running. He needs to serve time and be prevented from running, but I don't think either will happen
Minor point, but did you actually read the article? The 2 constitutional scholars from the Federalist Society say that he is already disqualified - it's not necessary to "convict him" as he has already been involved and complicit in the insurrection.
This answer doesn't address the question. Did you comment on the wrong post or are you just generally always this confused?