Comment on Can Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon?
hperrin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yep, cause the constitution doesn’t forbid felons from running for president.
Comment on Can Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon?
hperrin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yep, cause the constitution doesn’t forbid felons from running for president.
iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 5 months ago
It forbids them from ever voting again though.
hperrin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The Constitution doesn’t do that, that’s up to the states. Also, you don’t have to be eligible to vote to be the president. The US Constitution outlines the only eligibility requirements for the president.
iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee 5 months ago
So…in theory a state could ban all its constituents from voting for presidency?
hperrin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
The fourteenth would probably bar this, but it’s never been tried.