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.

        • Zagorath@aussie.zone
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          1 year ago

          I mean yeah he’s 100% guilty. The problem is that legally he hasn’t yet been proven guilty. It would be difficult to take a legal action (like barring him from running) on the basis of a claim that is not yet proven to a degree that is legally sufficient.

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        He doesn’t have to be found guilty of insurrection at trial for the clause to take effect - the bar is lower than that. All that’s necessary is that he be accepted by the court as having been somewhat involved either directly or indirectly.