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Trump is ineligible for office and more people are realizing it: Yale professor (www.rawstory.com)

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If Republicans are serious about capturing the White House next year, their best bet would be to ditch Donald Trump.That’s according to the findings of a newly published University of Pennsylvania Law School study authored by two staunch conservatives that says Trump would be ineligible to serve bec...

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Best I can figure, the way this plays out: Allowing him on the ballot may cause a constitutional crisis. If he wins or is kept off the ballot it does cause a constitutional crisis. Conservatives want a constitutional crisis.

And, this is what happens when we allow right-wing fascists a platform. They use it one way or another to fuck everything up for everyone. That coupled with the way the Supreme Court nomination process has been undermined for the past 9 years, and the complete theft of the Judicial Branch, sure looks like a failed state BINGO just waiting to happen. Just have to hope he loses, I guess.

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

If he wins or is kept off the ballot it does cause a constitutional crisis.

How does keeping him off the ballot cause a constitutional crisis? That's exactly what the insurrection clause of the 14th amendment is for. The only constitutional crisis I could see arising from that is if Trump sues a state that kept him off the ballot, it goes to the Supreme Court and they rule in favor of Trump, directly contradicting the 14th amendment. That would cause a constitutional crisis, but it would be with the Supreme Court superceding the Constitution, not around the election itself.

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

The only constitutional crisis I could see arising from that is if Trump sues a state that kept him off the ballot, it goes to the Supreme Court and they rule in favor of Trump, directly contradicting the 14th amendment.

Exactly. In my opinion they've rigged this in the hopes of causing a crisis 3 ways out of 4 because that's what they want. Or, at least, what they thought they wanted. Gets pretty hard to say what will happen when/if it becomes that much of a mess. Maybe the Supreme Court won't go through with it.

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

Will anyone who can do something about do something about it?