Comment on Can Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon?
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 6 months agoThe concern of the founding fathers was that one state would have political reasons to rush a trial and get a legitimate candidate convicted of a crime in their court. If the conviction was legitimate, it was supposed to be handled by the Electors of the Electoral College.
Nougat@fedia.io 6 months ago
If the conviction is legitimate, the Electoral College has ways to shut it down.