• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yup, the constitution just says if you do it. Doesn’t say you have to be convicted of doing it in court, or anything like that. Just being involved you are automatically disqualified and Congress has to vote to override that.

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      1 year ago

      I love how people think the law works. Like they’re magical incantations and just “apply” without needing to be decided and enforced.

      Who would decide “if you [did] it”?

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        1 year ago

        The actual answer is 2/3rds of congress. If two thirds of congress decided he can’t be president because they believe he wasn’t born in the US, regardless of the evidence, he’d be disqualified then too. (As an example)

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      1 year ago

      I’m imagining a future where both Trump and Biden get declared rebels by the other party, and neither can pass the 2/3rd vote. The government devolves into chaos where nobody can run for president anymore… eventually we just have to pick Tom Hanks because everyone thinks he’s alright.

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        1 year ago

        We can’t pick Mr Rogers, so we’ll just pick the guy who played him in the biographical - he’s the second best option.