I really wish Biden had gone after him 10% as hard as he went after Sanders.
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LesserAbe@lemmy.world 1 year agoRight, there’s also a constitutional amendment saying insurrectionists can’t stand for office
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 year ago
nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Biden was the chief executive I don’t know why the courts had any say in executing a law that is already on the books. A strong president would have done his job executing the law and making the SC enforce their over reaching decision themselves.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Does it even matter? trump can get convicted of insurrection but the supreme court can just decide that he hasnt committed an act of insurrection based on their interpretation.
nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Whos gonna enforce their decision? Executive brance is every cop and every corrections officer in the country, they are under the executive branch ans answer tl the president, not the judicial or legislative branches. What Biden tells them goes, no ifs ands or buts.
IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Too bad people who wrote that didn’t spexify what it meant.
Like does it mean:
A. If popular opinion deems a person commited an act of insurrection, they are inelligible.
B. Congress passed a resolution that deems a person have committed an act of insurrection
C. The Supreme Court has ruled that a person have committed insurrection
D. The person gets charged with committing an act of insurrection.
E. The person gets convicted with committing an act of insurrection.
Because
A is just dumb,
B would allow a republican controlled congress declare a democratic candidate inelligible. Basically its just partisan shenanigans.
C also allows partisan shenanigans
D is presuming someone guilty, bad idea.
E trump has only been convicted of state charges of fraud, not anything involving insurrection.
So yea they should’ve worded it better on what it means.
Badeendje@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It should be E and the DOJ should have made sure that this was handled in a court of law in the first 100 days. Or maybe even a specialised tribunal for insurrection.
How did they handle the insurrectionists post civil war?