Trump can run for office from a federal penitentiary if he wants to. It would seem to be a “Get Out Of Jail Free” card, because nothing bars someone holding the office except 1) in Honig’s analysis above.There are only two ways to formally prevent an otherwise-eligible person from holding federal office: (1) impeachment, conviction and disqualification (missed that boat last year) and (2) 14th Amendment “insurrection or rebellion” (but we don’t know precisely how that works). https://t.co/6lB9CIreV0
— Elie Honig (@eliehonig) January 19, 2022
Strictly speaking Trump could be impeached precisely to disqualify him. But we all know that would never happen. 👎
This “system” is starting to fray, and not just at the edges.
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