UnanimousStargazer@feddit.nl to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWill Trump win the elections again? What if he's sentenced to prison?message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up164
arrow-up164message-squareWill Trump win the elections again? What if he's sentenced to prison?UnanimousStargazer@feddit.nl to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square37fedilink
minus-squarePoondude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYes - obviously if he does get sent to prison he cannot be elected president. I don’t think there’s precedent for this, so it’d probably go to the supreme court too, but since convicts can’t vote I ASSUME they can’t run.
minus-squareEufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoBad assumption. No law prevents running while in prison. Eugene Debs ran for president while in prison, for example.
Yes - obviously if he does get sent to prison he cannot be elected president. I don’t think there’s precedent for this, so it’d probably go to the supreme court too, but since convicts can’t vote I ASSUME they can’t run.
Bad assumption. No law prevents running while in prison. Eugene Debs ran for president while in prison, for example.