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Originally Posted by Chris
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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You would think then that the elders of the Republican Party would see Trump as too high risk a candidate and seek to ensure he could not become their Presidential candidate. This assumes that such elders do exist and there is a mechanism to stop him.