floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoSupreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attackapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square301fedilinkarrow-up1559arrow-down113cross-posted to: usnews@beehaw.orgpolitics@lemmy.world
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minus-squarechetradley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up38arrow-down1·9 months agoCall me old fashioned, but an outgoing president who falsely claims their challenger stole the election and incites their supporters to storm the capitol building should be barred from holding office again, Democrat or Republican.
minus-squareBlueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 months agoI absolutely agree. But it’s up to Congress to actually do that. That’s the branch of government that has failed here.
minus-squarekbotc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoHow would they do that? Congress can’t actually charge someone with a crime. That’s why they wrote the 14th Amendment which spelled this out.
Call me old fashioned, but an outgoing president who falsely claims their challenger stole the election and incites their supporters to storm the capitol building should be barred from holding office again, Democrat or Republican.
I absolutely agree. But it’s up to Congress to actually do that. That’s the branch of government that has failed here.
How would they do that? Congress can’t actually charge someone with a crime. That’s why they wrote the 14th Amendment which spelled this out.