@floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoSupreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attackapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square305fedilinkarrow-up1563arrow-down113cross-posted to: usnews@beehaw.orgpolitics@lemmy.mlpolitics@lemmy.world
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minus-square@m0darn@lemmy.calinkfedilink8•4 months agoWhat about a motion in congress to exempt Donald Trump under the 14th amendment? If it failed to get 2/3 approval would that defacto mean he is barred from office? Sorry if that’s a dumb question, I’m not American.
minus-square@Bgugi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•4 months agoSimple answer: this process could be used to disqualify essentially any candidate.
What about a motion in congress to exempt Donald Trump under the 14th amendment? If it failed to get 2/3 approval would that defacto mean he is barred from office?
Sorry if that’s a dumb question, I’m not American.
Simple answer: this process could be used to disqualify essentially any candidate.
…And yet it hasn’t been used in 150 years