Prominent conservative legal scholars are increasingly raising a constitutional argument that 2024 Republican candidate Donald Trump should be barred from the presidency because of his actions to overturn the previous presidential election result.

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      1 year ago

      Innocent until proven guilty still matters though, even when it seems like the justice system moves at a snail’s pace. His actions are coming down on him, and I think he’ll be behind bars before the election, but until then there’s no legal basis to block him from anything

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      1 year ago

      It’s (legally) not decided whether he actually did.

      He’s unfortunately smart enough to not simply say “let’s storm congress by force”. His messaging was vague enough that a trump-leaning judge could make an argument that he never intended this to happen. And letting things spiral out of control is not enough for an insurrection.