There is no requirement that anyone be "convicted" of anything in order to trigger the 14th Amendment and, as has been posted previously, the 14th has been used to rule persons who were not "convicted" to be ineligible for office.
And, since the decision is a discretionary one, the court could only rule on whether the discretion was exercised lawfully, not on whether or not the discretionary decision is one that they would have made.
Maybe not, but that IS what the law currently allows.
The fastest way to settle the decision would be for a "Republican" Secretary of State to make the decision this Thursday and for a "Republican" petitioner to apply for a Writ of Mandamus (alleging "improper use of authority") the following day.
Please look up the meaning of the word "induce".
Based on their constitutionally mandated control over the electoral process.
True, and if the decision is based on "Because I felt like it." then the application for a Writ of Mandamus is going to succeed instantly.
Or other evidence.
How would he be qualified if his name was not on the ballot?
If the Secretary of State held back their decision until the day that the ballot forms were finalized, it would be rather difficult for the courts to hear and dispose of the case prior to election day. After that, well, I suppose that the courts could rule that the election was invalid and make everyone do it all over again between November 5, 2024 and January 5, 2025.
Based on the constitutional and legislative authority of the Secretary of State (or equivalent) to control the electoral process.
you say that like it means they did nothing wrong....can you name another defamation suit against a media corp that is larger than that?
The 14th does NOT prohibit anyone from RUNNING, it just prohibits (absent a 2/3rds vote in BOTH the House and the Senate to override the prohibition) them from assuming the office that they ran for if they happen to achieve a plurality.
Indeed it seems to me they're arguing a convicted felon can run because thuh constitooshuhn doesn't expressly forbid it and because he's their guy.
Hell, if "Bob" decides to rob the First National Bank of East Cupcake and walks into the building which used to house a Kwikee-Mart (which six weeks previously and is now being used by the East Cupcake Police Department as a recreation center) instead, "Bob" can still be charged with, tried for, convicted of, and sentenced for "attempted bank robbery".
I googled and that was what google came up with.That number is over a dozen. Proud Boys and Oath keepers. Where did you get the 'three (3)' from?
4 more Oath Keepers found guilty of seditious conspiracy tied to Jan. 6 attack
The government has secured 10 convictions for seditious conspiracy since last year.www.politico.com
The article is from January. Four more Proud Boys have gone to trial and been convicted since then. Which raised the number to 14.
It's what (politically incorrect) Canadians (and many Newfoundlanders) refer to as "Newfie Counting", you know, "One fish, two fish, three fish, anodder fish, anodder fish, anodder ...".That number is over a dozen. Proud Boys and Oath keepers. Where did you get the 'three (3)' from?
4 more Oath Keepers found guilty of seditious conspiracy tied to Jan. 6 attack
The government has secured 10 convictions for seditious conspiracy since last year.
The article is from January. Four more Proud Boys have gone to trial and been convicted since then. Which raised the number to 14.
They stayed with Trump since the day he announced back in 2015, I don't see that changing any time soon. Perhaps once the trials start, we'll see.
You do know that "self coup" is also a "coup". The principle behind that is that a "German Shepherd dog" is also a "dog" and NOT a German Sheperd (i.e. a German person who herds sheep).
Which is something that Mr. Trump and all of the members of "Claque Failed Casino Operator" are devoutly praying for.
You do realize that "should not" is not something that actually applies to the actual law. The actual law IS the actual law. If the actual law should not be the actual law, then it is up to the electorate to elect legislators who will change the actual law to what the law "should" be.
Yep.
Of course. Do you think that the "Republicans" would be taking the same position if Mr. Trump were a "Democrat"?
Yep. In fact Eugene Debs ran for the office of President while he was in jail.after being convicted of sedition.
If you know who he(?) is, go ahead.
He plead guilty to a single charge of "transferring obscene material to a minor". So, hey, everyone is entitled to a single mistake AND he has completed his sentence, so feel free.
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Broadly, yes indeed.
So far Mr. Trump has NOT been "convicted of attempting to overthrow the democratic process. That, to the dedicated members of "Claque Failed Casino Operator" means that he is **I*N*N*O*C*E*N*T** and that means that no crime was ever committed and that means that he is being persecuted because an **I*N*N*O*C*E*N*T** person is being investigated for something that never happened.
The way to success is "If at first you don't succeed, try and try again." so that means that Mr. Trump has two more tries left before the "and if you still don't succeed, quit, and don't prove how stupid you are." bit kicks in.
Actually they'd try and make sure that they filed their petition for a "Writ of Mandamus" in a REALLY "Trump Friendly" court so that the court would rule in Mr. Trump's favor.
