• RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Not a lawyer, but related to multiple and helped one study for the bar, so I know basically jack shit, but Section 3 of the 14th amendment:

    No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any state legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

    In short, no.

    We need the Jan 6th indictment and a conviction under the insurrection act US code 2383

    Also those indictments for Jan 6th in the DC federal jurisdiction are expected any second now.

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      11 months ago

      Some of those charges are violations of the Espionage Act. Maybe disqualifying, maybe not. The inevitable lawsuit will decide.

      Perhaps too late, perhaps not.

      Are you not at least entertained?

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        11 months ago

        Yeah, the reason I still say ‘no’ is that the espionage act charges don’t necessarily involve aiding enemies, because it can (and has) been violated purely by possessing and disseminating NDI documents to people not authorized, which we actually do have evidence for.

        If there was compelling evidence of classified+ info being given to Putin, for example, then I’d forget bothering with the trials and go polish up the guillotine.

        Definitely entertained by the online meltdowns by the idiot in chief either way.