Prominent conservative legal scholars are increasingly raising a constitutional argument that 2024 Republican candidate Donald Trump should be barred from the presidency because of his actions to overturn the previous presidential election result.

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    611 months ago

    engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.

    Convict him of this and he won’t be able to run.

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        111 months ago

        A conviction is the only way to prove engagement legally. Like you can pass a law that says sex offender can’t do X. But you can’t enforce it upon someone whose not on the sex offender list.