• DigitalFrank@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Right.

    Congress would control that, just like determining an insurrection was committed.

    They didn’t do that.

    The media did.

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      9 months ago

      The only thing Congress can do is remove Trump’s disqualification under the 14th amendment. They can’t decide whether he’s disqualified in the first place.

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        9 months ago

        The could have impeached him (again). And if the Senate convicted, he would have been ineligible to run again.

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          9 months ago

          The 14th amendment doesn’t require impeachment or criminal conviction, though. It’s a completely different disqualification provision from impeachment.

          For example, members of Congress cannot be impeached, but they can be disqualified under the 14th amendment. It makes no sense to roll impeachment and the 14th amendment into the same category of disqualification.