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If Trump Is Not an Insurrectionist, What Is He? (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 9 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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Trump sought and actively tried to subvert constitutional government and overturn the results of the presidential election. And what he could not do through the arcane rules and procedures of the Electoral College, he tried to do through the threat of brute force, carried out by an actual mob.

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[–] astreus@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So...why have the 14th amendment?

[–] ulkesh@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

Exactly. The Constitution is the highest law in this country. He broke the law — plain and simple. And what’s more, the Constitution doesn’t require conviction by a jury of his peers for his ineligibility from holding office. It just is.

It’s no surprise, though, that the die-hard constitutionalists, just like religionists with their bible, will cherry-pick and tailor the words of the Constitution to suit their agenda. And also no surprise that that Venn diagram overlaps almost completely.

The moron should be barred from every ballot. It makes no difference what continued web of lies he spins — he’ll be dead soon, and the last thing this country needs is the precedent set that the President is above all law.

[–] infinitevalence@discuss.online 1 points 9 months ago

A good question and I don't know if I have a valid argument either way.