dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agoCan Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon?message-squaremessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareCan Trump still run for president now that he's a convicted felon?dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square15fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSanguinePar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoHe can, because there’s no law against it. Probably nobody thought there’d ever need to be!
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoAs an outsider that’s pretty wild. So you can’t buy a firearm but you can be president and control them all. Like what?
minus-squarePronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoActually the thought is if the government can just imprison you to stop your candidacy, they have too much power. Thus they can continue to run.
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.deOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months agoI would say just don’t break any laws then, but laws can change and people are terrible. Edit: Pretty sure you’re all downvoting a misunderstanding. I’m saying I get why it’s a thing because people would convict their opponents. Not that I was actually saying well don’t break any laws.
minus-squarePronell@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoSure, but a corrupt government can fabricate evidence to keep their enemies silenced. Look at Russia and their treatment of Alexei Navalny.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoOr just regular ass black people in America.
minus-squareSean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoIf a convicted felon loses their right to vote, they should not be allowed to run for president.
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThey would make protesting Israel a felony so fucking fast
He can, because there’s no law against it. Probably nobody thought there’d ever need to be!
As an outsider that’s pretty wild. So you can’t buy a firearm but you can be president and control them all. Like what?
Actually the thought is if the government can just imprison you to stop your candidacy, they have too much power.
Thus they can continue to run.
I would say just don’t break any laws then, but laws can change and people are terrible.
Edit: Pretty sure you’re all downvoting a misunderstanding.
I’m saying I get why it’s a thing because people would convict their opponents. Not that I was actually saying well don’t break any laws.
Sure, but a corrupt government can fabricate evidence to keep their enemies silenced.
Look at Russia and their treatment of Alexei Navalny.
Or just regular ass black people in America.
Or the topic of this post
If a convicted felon loses their right to vote, they should not be allowed to run for president.
They would make protesting Israel a felony so fucking fast