pips@lemmy.film to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoDonald Trump to surrender at Fulton county jail on Thursday nightwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1439arrow-down115
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minus-squareSmoothIsFast@citizensgaming.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNot if they actually follow the 14th amendment, this would solidify him as having been involved with a coup against the country and should bar him from holding office unless 60% of congress allows him.
minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’s a lame argument. I’ve read the claim it’s just stupid. Trump has not not been charged or convicted of a coup or an insurrection. The courts would throw that out immediately. That was a thought exercise two lawyers came up with it holds no merit. They’d need much harder proof than what they have now like Trump leading troops.
Not if they actually follow the 14th amendment, this would solidify him as having been involved with a coup against the country and should bar him from holding office unless 60% of congress allows him.
That’s a lame argument. I’ve read the claim it’s just stupid.
Trump has not not been charged or convicted of a coup or an insurrection. The courts would throw that out immediately.
That was a thought exercise two lawyers came up with it holds no merit.
They’d need much harder proof than what they have now like Trump leading troops.