“But for Mr. Trump’s election and imminent return to the presidency, the office assessed that the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial,” the report said.

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    And we have had almost 250 years to make sure we have laws that prevent criminals like trump from becoming president, but that didn’t happen either.

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      If you make a “no felons can be president” then you give state and local DAs the power to destroy someone’s election chances. That’s a dangerous proposition and I don’t support it, because you know Texas would start fucking with every decent future left-wing candidate.

      On the other hand, if you’re suggesting that he should be behind bars already, and therefore ineligible for president on account of “he’s locked the fuck up right now”, I agree.

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      If by “we”, you mean the best politicians and judges that money can buy.

      The so-called guardrails against undue interference are all from a time where everyone expected politicians to always act and argue in good faith and where corporations as we know them today didn’t exist.

      It’s not for fun that every single other constitution still in effect is newer. Other countries have continued to renew their laws to better suit changing circumstances like the Founders intended for the US to do.