Colorado Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Trump Off Ballots Under 14th Amendment

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Colorado Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Trump Off Ballots Under 14th Amendment
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In the last state that tried this, it failed. From my understanding, he must first be found guilty of having committed a crime which disqualifies him. No matter how obviously guilty he is, this seems like a necessary first step, although IANAL.

The amendment was instituted in the wake of the Civil War, and was used several times against members of the Confederacy who never had a trial or conviction.

This, however, is not a time of war. The legal standards, therefore, might be different. 

It wasn’t a time of war after the Civil War ended, either.

My point is that a lot has changed since then regarding legal precedences and procedure.

What does you liking anal have anything to do with it 😜

Vote to keep him and Roger Stone off earth. Attach go pros to em and blast em into space.

Just curious - If Colorado bans him for running (due tto this, or somethingelse entirely), but other states do the same.. is he still able to run, but with the Colorado electoral points already lost?

If he can’t run in a particular state, he is not eligible for that state's electoral votes, yes.