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minus-squaredudinax@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 months agoIt’s an incorrect ruling. States have always been the judges of legal qualification for office. Congress has it’s own method to disqualify someone: impeachment.
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoI agree, but unfortunately the Supreme Court’s word is (literally) law. There is no avenue to contest that short of passing another amendment with more teeth than the 14th, or waiting for a less-biased court to re-evaluate the ruling.
It’s an incorrect ruling. States have always been the judges of legal qualification for office.
Congress has it’s own method to disqualify someone: impeachment.
I agree, but unfortunately the Supreme Court’s word is (literally) law. There is no avenue to contest that short of passing another amendment with more teeth than the 14th, or waiting for a less-biased court to re-evaluate the ruling.