• lostinasea@lemmy.world
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    And what crimes exactly has Biden committed that would disqualify him under the 14th? What “enemies” has he been aiding?

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      That didn’t stop then from opening impeachment investigation against Biden.

      You are naively assuming that Republicans are honorable and play by the rules.

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        Which is precisely why their response should be wholly meaningless when trying to decide what to do. Trump participated in an insurrection. He’s not eligible to run for president. That’s about all the analysis needed.

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        impeachment investigation

        Means nothing but how they chose to waste their base’s political capital. It’s not like they’re passing any legislation.

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      I didn’t read either link the person you replied to posted, and I have no opinion on the issue itself (whether it’s actually likely or just a conspiracy theory) - but I think the implication here is that they’ll be able to do it whether a real crime happened or not, if Trump’s removal stands. While Trump’s crime is undoubtedly real, he hasn’t been convicted for it - and that’s what sets the precedent they could use here against Biden. I have my doubts those attempts would survive in most courts. Additionally, I doubt “enemies” is a term that’s defined in any federal statute, which leaves the phrase “…or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof” extremely open to interpretation.

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        Which is fair. Trump has indeed not been convicted of the crime. The court of public opinion would disagree but until a legal decision is handed down we should presume innocent until proven guilty.

        As for the links I found the first to be about a House resolution for impeachment based around Biden’s handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan and some comments he had as Vice president related to it. The second is an opinion piece conflating the withdrawal with giving aid to an enemy. As the withdrawal provided the Taliban an opportunity to return to power. Nevermind that Trump started it in the first place. It seems the GOP “plan” is to throw shit at the wall and see what sticks.

        There are plenty of things to dislike Biden for but this certainly ain’t one of them

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          The people who this amendment was directly intended to bar were not convicted of underlying crimes to make them viable subjects. The courts will review these actions, but there’s nothing in the amendment that either directly or indirectly requires insurrectionists be convicted of a crime.

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      Doesn’t matter, it’s just up to state Republicans do declare it and they can make many arguments, usually involving Hunter and Ukraine, maybe even illegal immigration.

      It would then be up to courts to rule if 14th applies to Biden. And that could be challenged to SCOTUS, and they will decide the winner just like Bush v Gore

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      Apparently letting criminals to come from the southern border.

      Edit: I don’t agree with it neither do I think currently gop has any sense of what is right or what is wrong. I merely stated what i read Ron DeSantis was saying in retaliation to Trump being removed.

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        Fun fact: immigrants both documented and undocumented are statistically much less likely to commit crimes than native born citizens.

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        Fun fact, the vast majority of the fentanyl is smuggled in by our own citizens!