It states. “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.” Nowhere does it say convicted.
“Nowhere does it say convicted.”
and nowhere has it been proven that he engaged in insurrection or rebellion.
Ever hear of innocent until proven guilty?
> Nowhere does it say convicted. <
I agree. But it’s long-standing American tradition to presume innocence unless proven otherwise. And that’s the way it must be. Otherwise, an evil president could just declare any Republican who said something wrong to be in rebellion, and thus ineligible for public office. Most of today’s Democrats would applaud such a move.
Then it would be up to the Supreme Court to set things right. But who knows what that court will be like 10 or 20 years from now?
Better to insist on that American tradition.