So is Schumer going to push using the 14th amendment to bar Trump from running again?
Why? Dems don’t need any Republican votes ? Also you think the majority of the public who voted Biden in want Trump on taxpayers dime doing rally’s and getting a pension? It’s happening bro.
There are some complications, however. For instance, under the 14th Amendment, it is unclear who gets to decide whether a government official has engaged in an insurrectionist activity and merits disqualification. Some scholars argue that it is up to the courts, not Congress, to make the determination.
“Section Three does not identify any mechanisms for determining whether an official has actually engaged in insurrectionist activities that would trigger the disqualification, and as a consequence it has not been used very much and it is not even clear what kind of mechanism would be constitutional,” said Keith Whittington, a Princeton University professor of politics.
What is more, Whittington warned, allowing a simple majority of Congress to impose a lifetime ban on a former president could open a Pandora’s box. Once in control, Republicans could return the favor by voting to disqualify Democrats for expressing views on protests that turned into riots.
“There is a great deal of obvious political risk in having the Congress just make such determinations by majority vote and potentially disqualifying from office members of the minority party with little evidence and through an entirely partisan political process,” Whittington said via email.
Some top Democrats are not persuaded the 14th Amendment is the route to go. Senate Majority Whip dikk Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, said January 22: “I haven’t been convinced yet, because the 14th Amendment is not explicit on how you determine whether someone participated in an insurrection.”
TLR anti-intellectualism runs rapid in society
Dems voted him guilty. Its the 43 Q-Anon dopeheads that voted not guilty.
Unless you want Joe Biden to blast an AK47 at Trump's chest, Dems did their part.
Plaskett on Trump's acquittal: 'We didn't need more witnesses, we needed more senators with spines'
Stacey Plaskett on Trump's acquittal: 'We didn't need more witnesses, we needed more senators with spines' - CNNPolitics
"I know that people are feeling a lot of angst and believe that maybe if we had (a witness) the senators would have done what we wanted, but, listen, we didn't need more witnesses, we needed more senators with spines," Plaskett, who represents the US Virgin Islands' at-large congressional district and served as one of nine impeachment managers, told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union."
"I think we wanted to get in what we wanted and we did. We believed that we proved the case. We proved the elements of an article of impeachment," she said. "It's clear that these (senators) were hardened -- that they did not want to let the President be convicted or disqualified."
Someone must've given him something after the primary, because the way he switched up is wild.
Has to be gay prostitutes evidence
Completely ignore what's in the article, brehsReplace Trump with Obama who is impeached twice with a Republican majority... They would absolutely invoke the 14th amendment and ban Obama for life..
Articles like that are only bought up to discourage a democratic majority from doing their jobs but republicans majority completely ignore precedent
I read the article but my point you missedCompletely ignore what's in the article, brehs![]()
Don’t think that’s Dems talking, why be scared of someone ‘s ass you whooped lolToo many scaredy ass Dems on Twitter. Trump lost reelection decisively and they're scared that Trump is gonna beat an incumbent Democrat president? Please![]()
I think they are more afraid of the dude trying to overthrow a government again...Too many scaredy ass Dems on Twitter. Trump lost reelection decisively and they're scared that Trump is gonna beat an incumbent Democrat president? Please![]()
I think they are more afraid of the dude trying to overthrow a government again...
If anything if this dude loses again, we already saw how he handles a loss this time around.