USAONE@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 11 months agoMichigan could be the next state to remove Trump from its ballotwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1624arrow-down112
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minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up60arrow-down1·11 months ago The US Supreme Court could rule against Trump, leading to similar lawsuits in additional states. If SCOTUS rules that Trump is an insurrectionist, barred from office by the Constitution, wouldn’t that make him ineligible in every state?
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·11 months agoThey’d be more likely to rule that the states aren’t barred from disqualifying the President.
minus-squareCalicoJack@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoIf they ruled that way, then yes. The 14th Ammendment would overrule any state law and bar him from office, unless 2/3 of Congress voted to exempt him.
If SCOTUS rules that Trump is an insurrectionist, barred from office by the Constitution, wouldn’t that make him ineligible in every state?
They’d be more likely to rule that the states aren’t barred from disqualifying the President.
If they ruled that way, then yes. The 14th Ammendment would overrule any state law and bar him from office, unless 2/3 of Congress voted to exempt him.