Brazil’s electoral court banned former President Jair Bolsonaro from seeking office until 2030 for spreading false claims about the nation’s voting system.
Now if only his US contemporary could be similarly barred…
Never. The Constitution only lists three qualifications for president:
35+ years old
Natural born citizen (i.e. a US citizen at birth)
Lived in the US for at least 14 years
There have been arguments for a long time about removing the ones related to immigration because frankly they’re pretty pointless. But as for disqualification due to imprisonment, there have been cases of campaigns run from prison cells. They were really more a historical curiosity, but it was legally recognized.
If Trump did land in prison, he would almost certainly lose in either the primary or general. Most people just aren’t willing to put up with a criminal. Sure he can get his True Believers to think it’s all a big plot against him, but he has to win more than True Believers to reach the presidency. Then again, 2016 was seen by many people as a sure thing for Hillary Clinton, so I’m not calling for complacency.
Never. The Constitution only lists three qualifications for president:
There have been arguments for a long time about removing the ones related to immigration because frankly they’re pretty pointless. But as for disqualification due to imprisonment, there have been cases of campaigns run from prison cells. They were really more a historical curiosity, but it was legally recognized.
If Trump did land in prison, he would almost certainly lose in either the primary or general. Most people just aren’t willing to put up with a criminal. Sure he can get his True Believers to think it’s all a big plot against him, but he has to win more than True Believers to reach the presidency. Then again, 2016 was seen by many people as a sure thing for Hillary Clinton, so I’m not calling for complacency.