• @Revan343@lemmy.ca
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    57 months ago

    The precedent is that he doesn’t need to be convicted of insurrection for the insurrection clause to apply.

    • PatFusty
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      -47 months ago

      You can be guilty of something without being guilty of something. Thats an interesting way to frame it. What is the precedent here?

      • @zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
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        37 months ago

        A criminal conviction is not required to be disqualified under the 14th amendment. It’s not a criminal punishment, but a requirement for holding public office, in the same vein as being at least 35 is a requirement to be President. There haven’t been many that have been disqualified under the 14th amendment, but none of them were convicted either.

      • @Revan343@lemmy.ca
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        17 months ago

        What is the precedent here?

        Former Confederates were barred from holding public office regardless of whether they were actually charged with treason, or anything else