Does the constitution prohibit Trump from serving as president?

I”m withholding judgement till I see what the “lawyer” has to say..

 

He gave and continues to give aid and comfort for sure.

 

Many agree with them. Ultimately it would likely go to the SCOTUS...and we know how that would go.

 

Good Lord I hope so. The man is not fit to preside over an elementary school, let alone the U.S.A.

 

A lawsuit was just filed so we shall soon find out

 

Exactly. This. It's quite revealing the discussion doesn't begin with the preface of a conviction.

 

Not if the lawyers are correct.

 

This is the funniest post I've seen here in a long time. Thank you for the hearty laugh.

 

I hear you. Innocent until proven guilty is only a presumption for the accused in criminal trials. Luttig & Tribe's argument (and that of the two conservative lawyers who first made this argument) is about constitutional eligibility under the 14th Amendment.

 

It might, but my outlook is absent a disqualifying conviction or Congress passing a law, he should be able to run. I don't want random government bureaucrats having the power to disqualify presidential candidates based on their whims.

 

FWIW, William Baude, one of the professors who wrote the law review article, is big in the FedSoc and a scholar that the Republican majority listens to.

 

"The disqualification clause operates independently of any such criminal proceedings and, indeed, also independently of impeachment proceedings and of congressional legislation. The clause was designed to operate directly and immediately upon those who betray their oaths to the Constitution, whether by taking up arms to overturn our government or by waging war on our government by attempting to overturn a presidential election through a bloodless coup."

If true, that would be absurd. Who gets to make that determination? If all it takes is some important person somewhere saying that this person attempted an insurrection or rebellion against the United States, that seems awfully dangerous to our democratic system would it not?

If providing "aid or comfort" to our enemies disqualifies one from being President, every Democratic President since Carter should have been disqualified.

 

Yes, clearly the 14th Amendment was written in as a way to libel your opposition opponent and prevent him/her from running for the presidency. You don't actually need any burden of proof. Just speak into existence and bam! There goes your leading oppo candidate. NexT?

 

Yep. Who determines guilt and who enforces it? The article uses the term "self-executing." My question is "by whom?" Who makes this a reality and how?

 

I could literally see Benjamin Franklin be like "okay, you impeached this mother****** twice. Why?"

 

The game is clearly throw everything at the wall to prevent this guy from being President, free country and democracy be damned.

The lengths that this regime has gone towards removing an election from the hands of the people is something I thought I'd never see in America. Unfortunately, this won't be the last time.