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minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down3·11 months agoThe question is if Trump qualifies to be president per the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. The states don’t decide that, SCOTUS does.
minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-211 months agoThe constitution is pretty clearly written on this one. Any decision otherwise than to bar Trump from running is playing fuckery politics.
minus-squareRapidcreek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·11 months agoYou and I might find it clear, but we are not SCOTUS.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoThey are indeed exceptionally good at manufacturing ambiguity where none exists.
The question is if Trump qualifies to be president per the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. The states don’t decide that, SCOTUS does.
The constitution is pretty clearly written on this one. Any decision otherwise than to bar Trump from running is playing fuckery politics.
You and I might find it clear, but we are not SCOTUS.
They are indeed exceptionally good at manufacturing ambiguity where none exists.