Doesn’t matter. This is America where things like that are ignored. This is how people like Clarence Thomas can keep their job. Corruption and criminality are rewarded in America. But only if you’re in politics.
Seriously anyone remember the issue with Emoluments? They were specifically banned in the constitution, and the Government was sued over it, and then the Supreme court sat on it until Trump was no longer president and then the supreme ruled it moot. Republicans will not play by the rules.
The issue we have is that the checks for a bad actor are impeachment and elections. The founders thought “surely, elected officials would put country over party”. They were wrong there, so now impeachment is ineffective.
The founders thought “surely, voters wouldn’t elect an immortal leader”. Again, dead wrong.
Voting is really the only effective check at this point, which is why Republicans try to undermine it at every turn. Vote in every election!
Wrong. Wealthy people get the same treatment usually.
It wasn’t an either/or situation. So what exactly am I wrong about?
You literally ended your comment with “only if you’re in politics.”
Relax, though. We’re all on the same side here. I upvoted your original post. I just wanted it to be clear that wealthy people are also immune. They are also often rewarded for their misdeeds after they hire a PR team to spin things.
huh ?
If you’re wealthy, you don’t need to be a politician to be above the law.
I hereby officially declare Donald J. Trump ineligible to hold office, under Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment.
There, I fucking did it. Challenge me in court, you orange bastard.
I think, the problem is, somebody needs to challenge his elligibility in each and every state.
Like this guy:
It’s not an AUTOMATIC disqualification, it still needs to be adjudicated… At least in enough states to take away 270 electoral votes.
It’s not an AUTOMATIC disqualification, it still needs to be adjudicated
I might have mistaken what was written, but the scholars in the paper explicitly point out section 3 is ‘self-executing’. ~Which means it does not require adjuducation.~ I was mistaken, see comment below.
If it happened before, that doesn’t mean it was necessary.
Perhaps one of the most utterly retarded constitutional arguments possible
This is a coping mechanism. They have to believe there’s a reason for their suffering, so they invent a plan that’s happening behind the scenes that they’ll only understand at some vague time in the future.
For the first hundred thousand or so years of human existence, this was fine, and helped keep us from losing our shit while developing our civilization.
Now? It’s highly detrimental to our ability to cope with reality.
Therapy and good friends are where it’s at.
There is no greater plan. Sometimes shit just happens and you’ve got to deal with it to move on. That’s not something to be afraid of. That’s just life.
