dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 months agoCan Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon?message-squaremessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1209arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1198arrow-down1message-squareCan Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon?dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square103fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up42·7 months agoYep, cause the constitution doesn’t forbid felons from running for president.
minus-squareiturnedintoanewt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down8·7 months agoIt forbids them from ever voting again though.
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·7 months agoThe 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.
minus-squareiturnedintoanewt@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·7 months agoSo…in theory a state could ban all its constituents from voting for presidency?
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-27 months agoThe fourteenth amendment would probably bar this, but it’s never been tried.
Yep, cause the constitution doesn’t forbid felons from running for president.
It forbids them from ever voting again though.
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.
So…in theory a state could ban all its constituents from voting for presidency?
The fourteenth amendment would probably bar this, but it’s never been tried.