• YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    Trump runs into a issue with the Fourteenth Amendment where states can block him from the ballot. Only a 2/3 vote in Congress can prevent that.

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      1 year ago

      Ok, aside from bad fanfic what is the way he’s not the nominee and on the ballot in all 51 electoral jurisdictions?

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          1 year ago

          I mean when even the federalist society are penning their opinions on various publications supporting such a position…

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            1 year ago

            Isn’t the opposite true though as well? Can’t red states just make up reasons to remove biden if a conviction isn’t required?

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              It is insurrection specific so states would have the burden of proving (if they cared about proof) Biden was engaged with an insurrection.

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              Sure, if they could identify an instance in which he “engaged in insurrection or rebellion […], or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof”. Biden has never committed such an offense, so in order for red states to attempt this they’d have to fabricate facts and have a sufficient number of state officials go along with it, essentially The Big Lie 2.0.

      • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldOP
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        1 year ago

        Legally he can not be on the ballot in any of the 51 electoral jurisdictions per the United States Consitution.