With presidential primaries underway and a 2020 general election rematch seemingly the most likely outcome, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS shows former President Donald Trump narrowly ahead of President Joe Biden in a matchup shaping up to be a close contest nationally.
Even if true, I don’t see the Supreme Court making him ineligible without a conviction, and I don’t see them marking him an insurrectionist while the court case is still pending.
Doesn’t require any of that. Read the 14th, his culpabillity is already an established fact (even at the lowest level, nobody disagrees that he is culpable and satisfies the criteria in 14th -> ineligible).
It’s not an established fact until it goes through a court of law. The 14th was for Confederates who actively joined an organization against the federal government.
Trump took action from WITHIN the federal government. It’s not the same thing at all. He never signed articles of Confederation against the government which was all the proof they needed back then.
The only person revoved from office under the 14th so far was adjudicated to have been an insurrectionist:
Even if true, I don’t see the Supreme Court making him ineligible without a conviction, and I don’t see them marking him an insurrectionist while the court case is still pending.
Doesn’t require any of that. Read the 14th, his culpabillity is already an established fact (even at the lowest level, nobody disagrees that he is culpable and satisfies the criteria in 14th -> ineligible).
It’s not an established fact until it goes through a court of law. The 14th was for Confederates who actively joined an organization against the federal government.
Trump took action from WITHIN the federal government. It’s not the same thing at all. He never signed articles of Confederation against the government which was all the proof they needed back then.
The only person revoved from office under the 14th so far was adjudicated to have been an insurrectionist:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/judge-removes-local-official-engaging-jan-insurrection/story?id=89463597