Republican strategists are worried that if former President Trump doesn’t secure the GOP’s presidential nomination next year, or if he is kept off the ballot because of his mounting legal problems,…
      • Jimbob0i0@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 years ago

        I mean when even the federalist society are penning their opinions on various publications supporting such a position…

        • gac11@lemmy.world
          2·
          3 years ago

          Isn’t the opposite true though as well? Can’t red states just make up reasons to remove biden if a conviction isn’t required?

          • ganksy@lemmy.world
            2·
            3 years ago

            It is insurrection specific so states would have the burden of proving (if they cared about proof) Biden was engaged with an insurrection.

          • agentsquirrel@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            3 years ago

            Sure, if they could identify an instance in which he “engaged in insurrection or rebellion […], or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof”. Biden has never committed such an offense, so in order for red states to attempt this they’d have to fabricate facts and have a sufficient number of state officials go along with it, essentially The Big Lie 2.0.

    • YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.worldBannedOPEnglish
      3·
      3 years ago

      Legally he can not be on the ballot in any of the 51 electoral jurisdictions per the United States Consitution.