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To: bitt

Go phook yourself Andrew.

To not call this BS demonstrates, once again, your Deep State Bina Fides.


4 posted on 08/09/2022 8:22:39 AM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: Macoozie

You should read down to the actual analysis.

“The Justice Department well knows that the qualifications for a presidential candidate are set out in the Constitution. They may not be altered by statute, precisely because the Framers did not want the executive branch to be dominated by the legislature, as would happen if Congress could disqualify incumbent or potential presidents simply by passing a law. The Constitution’s qualifications for the presidency are minimal – one must be over 35 and a natural-born citizen. Being a felon is not a disqualification, so even crimes potentially far more serious than mishandling classified information are not a bar to seeking the presidency.

Moreover, the Constitution also prescribes the basis for disqualifying a person from seeking the presidency or other federal office: conviction by the Senate on an impeachment article voted by the House. Again, what is prescribed by the Constitution may not be altered by a mere statute. To trigger disqualification, Congress would have to impeach and convict Trump; it cannot be done by criminal prosecution.”

This means all of it is about optics and election talking points in order to hold the house and senate.

The flailing of a mortally wounded dinosaur.


25 posted on 08/09/2022 8:51:49 AM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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