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Prominent conservative legal scholars are increasingly raising a constitutional argument that 2024 Republican candidate Donald Trump should be barred from the presidency because of his actions to overturn the previous presidential election result.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You don't say, you geniuses?!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

He shouldn’t be allowed to run, but it’s better if he does. An unchallenged DeSantis is way more likely to win against Biden than this guy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

As much as I hate Trump - wouldn't he need to be convicted for trying to overturn the election before he loses any civil rights over that?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think you could do it with a civil suit filed in the appropriate jurisdiction. But IANAL, so that's just a guess. It seems like that's what they did with the guy in New Mexico.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now I'm not a fancy, big-city lawyer...but I believe Trump is an ass, a fool and a criminal.

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