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Lammy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• whereisk@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Depends on what he’s convicted of. There are certain convictions specifically prohibiting you from holding high office.

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  • Lammy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is that true, which of the charges do that?

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    • LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      www.vox.com/…/trump-2024-14th-amendment-banned

      The legal paper, authored by University of Chicago professor William Baude and University of St. Thomas professor Michael Stokes Paulsen, centers on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment — a provision that limits people from returning to public office if they have since “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” or “given aid or comfort” to those who have. Baude and Paulsen argue that this clearly covers Trump’s behavior between November 2020 and January 2021.

      Tested at the state level:

      abcnews.go.com/Politics/…/story?id=89463597

      A state judge in New Mexico has removed a county commissioner from office after ruling that – because he participated in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol – the U.S. Constitution barred him for engaging in an “insurrection.”

      npr.org/…/couy-griffin-otero-county-insurrection-…

      The State Supreme Court dismissed his appeal:

      krqe.com/…/new-mexico-supreme-court-maintains-cou…

      Griffin tried to appeal the ruling, but the state Supreme Court dismissed the appeal in November. He filed a motion for the state’s highest court to reconsider, which they dismissed this week. Now, Griffin wants to take this to the United States Supreme Court.

      His wiki:

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couy_Griffin

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• JeffCraig@citizensgaming.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  At at this point, pardoning himself is his only chance of staying out of prison.

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  • June@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unless he gets convicted in GA.

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    • Lammy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why Georgia?

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      • LordOfTheChia@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        www.politico.com/…/trump-georgia-pardon-00111503

        Presidents can issue pardons only for federal crimes, and the Georgia indictment involves exclusively state crimes. Trump couldn’t even seek help from the state’s governor, because in Georgia, unlike many other states, the governor cannot issue pardons.

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