USAONE@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoThe Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Againwww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1655arrow-down131file-text
arrow-up1624arrow-down1external-linkThe Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Againwww.theatlantic.comUSAONE@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoI 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”?
minus-squarenxdefiant@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe 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)
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”?
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)