Waiting to hear if this ACTUALLY makes him ineligible to run again then.
You know what's crazy? We don't allow convicted felons to vote, but with trump we are told there's no law preventing him holding the office. Bananas.
I mean, I think you may not ylkow this, but it's important for people with felonies to both be able to vote and run for office.
I'm not arguing you should vote for them, but if this weren't the case, all a administration would need to tldo is convict their political opponents of felonies to effectively capture the state. For example, Bidens administration could have been far more aggressive in going after Trump specifically to prevent him from running. Maybe we think that's a good thing. But reverse the roles. Maybe Trump goes after DNC hopefuls for felonies in the run up to 2020. The knife cuts both ways.
We shouldn't view what is legal or illegal based on a given administrative and judicial configuration as monolithic. Our system needs to be able to mechanistically check itself against corruption. In many ways that's currently failing, but you can see how it's at least built into the basic structure of the system.
being a convicted felon would make him eminently more qualified to be a republican candidate for office.
He can still run even if convicted
But not vote! One vote down.
Oh he'll still vote, providing the justice system yet another opportunity to demonstrate how it isn't even remotely fair or just.
All Congress needs to do is vote and fail to reach a supermajority vote to remove the cloud on his candidacy, and he'd be completely barred from office. We've all seen him engage in insurrection. They could vote to requalify him too, but the numbers aren't there.
That's how it would work if republicans weren't a mob of Russian puppets.
Even if he is convicted and imprisoned, he can still run. It’s crazy.
Waiting to hear if this ACTUALLY makes him ineligible to run again then.
You know what's crazy? We don't allow convicted felons to vote, but with trump we are told there's no law preventing him holding the office. Bananas.
I mean, I think you may not ylkow this, but it's important for people with felonies to both be able to vote and run for office.
I'm not arguing you should vote for them, but if this weren't the case, all a administration would need to tldo is convict their political opponents of felonies to effectively capture the state. For example, Bidens administration could have been far more aggressive in going after Trump specifically to prevent him from running. Maybe we think that's a good thing. But reverse the roles. Maybe Trump goes after DNC hopefuls for felonies in the run up to 2020. The knife cuts both ways.
We shouldn't view what is legal or illegal based on a given administrative and judicial configuration as monolithic. Our system needs to be able to mechanistically check itself against corruption. In many ways that's currently failing, but you can see how it's at least built into the basic structure of the system.
being a convicted felon would make him eminently more qualified to be a republican candidate for office.
He can still run even if convicted
But not vote! One vote down.
Oh he'll still vote, providing the justice system yet another opportunity to demonstrate how it isn't even remotely fair or just.
All Congress needs to do is vote and fail to reach a supermajority vote to remove the cloud on his candidacy, and he'd be completely barred from office. We've all seen him engage in insurrection. They could vote to requalify him too, but the numbers aren't there.
That's how it would work if republicans weren't a mob of Russian puppets.
Even if he is convicted and imprisoned, he can still run. It’s crazy.
It does not.