DigitalFrank

Right.

Congress would control that, just like determining an insurrection was committed.

They didn't do that.

The media did.

This is all a moot point.

You're right, the Supreme Court ruled.

Trump simply does not qualify.

Nine Justices disagreed. Final Answer.

congressional investigation that found he engaged in insurrection with a bi partisan panel.

Meaningless. It has to go to the entire House. And BTW...where is the evidence from that bipartisan panel? O right, it was deleted before the other party took control of the House. Nothing to see here.

One judge "finds" he did it. What a lovely country we would have if that's all it took. No defense, no evidence needed. Just a judges opinion.

Short slope to a work camp. Maybe we could sort of concentrate all the people we disagree with in one.

The specific crimes I was thinking of were: impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors or criminal conviction for treason.

States are generally free to decide their own candidates for State level elections.

Federal elections are subject to Federal law and the Federal Constitution. A State just deciding someone is disqualified based on their interpretation is both unconstitutional and incredibly stupid. It was always going to SCOTUS and it was always going to be decided this way.

Me, I don't want to live in a country where ANY level of government can just decide you are guilty of something without due process. And that's what these states tried to do. The mad downvoters lack critical thinking ability and are going off emotion.

But it is the process by which a candidate can be removed from the ballot.

So if you want to go with Trump is criminally guilty of insurrection, and therefore ineligible to be on the ballot, when and where was the trial?

IMPEACHMENT has entered the chat.

[citation needed]

List one federal candidate a state successfully removed (that wasn't convicted in a federal court, or died before the election.)

Edit: I see the downvotes, but I don't see a name. I thought this was a place for reasoned debate, but it's as bad as r/politics where anything regarding the orange man is concerned.

it’s never been up to the federal government to decide disqualification.

It's up to Congress to decide if someone is guilty of federal insurrection, not the states.

Edit: I see the downvotes, but I don’t see replies. I thought this was a place for reasoned debate, but it’s as bad as r/politics where anything regarding the orange man is concerned.