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Old 27-01-2024, 22:41   #363
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Re: Trump’s Troubles

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Originally Posted by 1andrew1 View Post
Best hope is the two existing candidates get replaced. Maybe Biden has a medical scare and Trump gets jailed.
On a plain reading of the 14th amendment, section 3, the Supreme Court should bar trump from even standing, after it hears the case early next month.

If it doesn’t (and God help America if it doesn’t - on a plain reading of the constitution, the case is pretty clear cut. He certainly gave succour to insurrectionists even if one accepts - which I don’t - he didn’t directly involve himself), then being in jail doesn’t actually bar him from running for office. Though I doubt even America is mad enough to elect a president from behind bars.
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