Thursday, February 8, 2024

Why the Supreme Court Must Rule Trump Is Not Eligible to Run

Pundits and Trump supporters on the right have been screaming that states "cannot take away our right to vote for the candidate of our choice." 

That is not correct. You have no such right. Not if that candidate is ineligible. 

If a 21 year old decides he wants to run for president, you do not have the right to vote for him because he doesn't have the right to run. The U.S. Constitution clearly states you have to be at least 35 years of age.

If a person born in, let's say, Venezuela wants to run for president, you do not have the right to vote for him because he doesn't have the right to run. The U.S. Constitution clearly states you have to be a "naturally born citizen of the United States," meaning born on American soil or meeting legal requirements for natural born citizenship. 

And just as clear is the U.S. Constitution stating "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."

Trump not only "engaged in insurrection" by inciting and encouraging his violent cultists to "march to the Capitol," and to "fight like hell or you won't have a country." He also gave "aid or comfort" to them (supported them) by watching their violent, deadly antics on TV for over three hours before weakly calling them off and telling them he loves them.

For the record, "insurrection" is defined as "a violent uprising against an authority or government."

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